Trade Chain, Task Assignments

Sandrew was very calm, as if he had not noticed Li Ziran's arrival at all. Apart from occasionally glancing at Shadow Elder beside him, he sat fixed upon the stone stool like a Buddha.

Li Ziran desperately wanted to exchange a few words with Sandrew and ask after his mentor's condition. Anfuni had told him that Sandrew's Bone Dragon was gone and that he had also been injured during the battle for Sulfur Island. Yet judging by his current expression, he should be all right.

But now was not the time. Shadow Elder had called this gathering clearly not to let Li Ziran reminisce about old times.

His gaze swept across the crude cave. The Dark Elves, Necromancer Gegwu, the Ogre, Rhine Duke, and the others had long since arrived. Every one of them sat quietly on a stone stool, extremely solemn. Only the Vampire's seat was missing.

Anfuni had once told him that the Vampire had lost its qualifications for the Shadow Society and become Shadow Elder's puppet. It seemed that was indeed true.

Li Ziran walked over to a diamond-shaped stone stool and sat down. This should have been his seat, since no one had taken it. Across the stone table, he too remained silent like Sandrew, though his eyes kept darting about, utterly unable to conceal the curiosity in his heart.

This cave was crude, but no one present found it laughable. This was Shadow Elder's exclusive meeting room.

Li Ziran ran his fingers over the stone at hand. It looked somewhat like quartz, and somewhat like jade, yet he could not tell what kind of stone it truly was.

However, he was certain that these stones had not been deliberately polished. They had clearly formed naturally.

Finding such a natural cave Assembly Hall was probably quite