"A Grand Elder, killed just like that! This is nothing short of treating us as beneath his notice!"
"Hmph, what good does saying that do now? He has always acted this way. You, on the other hand, kept claiming you had the whole situation under control, yet you couldn't even save your own elder's life."
"It was those people from the Immortal Sects who struck. Does this mean the Heavenly Court's attitude toward us has fundamentally changed? If the Heavenly Court intends to support Li Ling in ruling the Four Seas, our Money Guild and the Four Seas Commerce Guild will bear the brunt."
"At this point, we can no longer take this lightly. We should contact him as soon as possible and ask exactly what he intends to do!"
In the Council Hall, the elders gathered to discuss the matter and, unsurprisingly, descended into another argument.
Different factions had different views of Li Ling, and their differing relationships with him also meant they favored different responses.
Listening to the clamor, Pei Qingguang, Jin Yuanbo, and the others could not help feeling a headache coming on.
They had known all along that this would happen, but there was nothing they could do about it.
There were too many powers on the seas. The Money Guild and the Four Seas Commerce Guild were merely the highest authorities nominally uniting all quarters; that did not necessarily mean they could make decisions for everyone.
This was an alliance of powers in the cultivation world, not a ruler of some mortal dynasty possessed of supreme authority.
"Li Ling's actions are a provocation against our Money Guild. Killing a Grand Elder is an unforgivable crime. We must respond as soon as possible!"
Qian Kun had also attended this discussion and spoke with anger in his