The Nine Standing Elders of the Elder Council and the five Grand Academicians of the Grand Secretariat stood at the very pinnacle of power in the Great Chu Empire.
And Elder Yuan, as one of the Nine Grand Elders of the Elder Council, was undoubtedly among the most powerful people in Great Chu.
Daoist Wang and Li Qinghe had tried every way they could to curry favor with Elder Yuan, to no avail. Yet Tang Changsheng had been here only a few days and had already forged a connection with him. How could they not burn with envy?
Worst of all, if they could not use force, they would have to watch helplessly as Tang Changsheng snatched Jingshan Cave-Heaven from under their noses!
"It won't be that easy. We've had our eyes on Jingshan Cave-Heaven for ages, and we still haven't breached the Mountain-Guarding Grand Array. Tang Changsheng won't open the gates to the Cave-Heaven so quickly either.
"And don't forget, Elder Yuan isn't the only elder in the Elder Council. Elder Gai has enough power to stand against him!"
"Exactly, exactly. Elder Gai was the one who sent word about Tang Changsheng last time. Otherwise, how would we have found out so quickly? Come on, let's go see Elder Gai..."
Li Qinghe was proud by nature. Unlike his junior apprentice brother, he had no talent for ingratiating himself, nor did he want to bow and scrape in the homes of the powerful.
But the crisis left him no room for such scruples. He followed Daoist Wang straight to the Gai Family residence.
They waited half the day before Gai Longwang finally came out to receive them. Though impatience burned in them like fire, the fact that Gai Longwang had come to greet them personally gave them considerable hope.
But