"That shouldn't be possible, should it?"
Pang Qingyun sounded uncertain as he stammered, "If even the Heavenly Cloud World Spirit had sent word to the Heavenly Palace, then the Heavenly Palace should have dispatched a Divine Lord to suppress the Yun Family."
"It's not that simple."
Qin Hao shook his head. "According to the intelligence the Heavenly Palace provided for this life-and-death mission, the Heavenly Palace assigned tasks to the Yun Family, but the family feigned compliance while defying them in secret, repeatedly making excuses. There were other factors as well. The mission intelligence didn't elaborate on them, but the Heavenly Palace most likely already had its suspicions."
"That's why it designated this a life-and-death mission."
Qin Hao pondered the matter. His thinking was the exact opposite of Pang Qingyun's. Pang Qingyun believed the Yun Family couldn't possibly rebel for several reasons.
One was the Yun Family's past relationship with the Heavenly Palace.
Another reason was the Heavenly Cloud World Spirit.
But Qin Hao's thinking went much deeper. Of the three life-and-death missions, he felt that the third mission, investigating the Yun Family in the Cloud Lake Star Region, was the most complicated and difficult—the most troublesome of all!
There were many possibilities.
The first was that someone within the Yun Family wanted to rebel!
The Heavenly Palace had noticed, while the Heavenly Cloud World Spirit either hadn't noticed or had already noticed as well. Hence, the life-and-death mission.
The second was that the entire Yun Family wanted to rebel!
Both the Heavenly Palace and the Heavenly Cloud World Spirit had noticed, but lacked concrete evidence. Hence, the life-and-death mission.
The third...
The Yun Family was grass atop a wall, swaying with the wind. They were watching the Heavenly Palace and the Demon God Hall, ready to side with whichever