"Mo Mei is visiting?"
"Barring any surprises, the conflict between the three sects of Ba Kingdom should have erupted by now."
Having anticipated this, Liu Yu had the thought flash through his mind.
Still, this development suited him perfectly. The more the conflict in Ba Kingdom escalated, the easier it would be to obtain information about spirit treasures.
"Bring Mo Mei to see me."
After a moment's consideration, Liu Yu sent a message, instructing Jiang Qiushui to bring Mo Mei to his cave abode.
He then left the Cultivation Room, bathed and changed with the maids attending him, and quietly awaited Mo Mei's arrival.
In the spacious, classically furnished hall, chairs and tables stood in orderly rows, all made from low-grade spirit wood.
Clad in a loose black robe, Liu Yu sat in the central seat of honor, quietly listening to his death soldier report recent developments.
"My lord, roughly half a month ago, the Black Ice Palace used a trivial incident as a pretext to declare war on both the Pill Cauldron Sect and the Soaring Cloud Sect."
"From that moment on, the situation in Ba Kingdom changed like wind and clouds."
"Both sides had prepared for this war, but the disparity in strength has forced the Pill Cauldron Sect and the Soaring Cloud Sect to retreat again and again."
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"At present, the outlook is extremely grim for the two sects."
Kneeling on one knee, the Golden Core death soldier White Tiger reported the facts.
The cause and outcome of that trivial incident, and which side had actually been at fault, did not matter in the slightest.
It was nothing more than a pretext. Even without that incident, another would have occurred.
What mattered was that the Black Ice Palace, having completed its preparations, had used it