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The senior figures accompanying the various sects choked into silence and stopped almost simultaneously. Realizing they had lost their composure, they woodenly followed again, their faces utterly bewildered. Many looked as though they wanted to speak but held back.
Some desperately wanted to ask how a character like Shi Chun, only just released from the Prison of Life, could possibly have ties to the Demonic Path.
They refused to accept this reality.
But coming from this man, those words were difficult to question. A large part of his duties involved dealing with the Demonic Path.
The problem was that they had no way to challenge him. Were they trying to discuss the matter on its merits, or claiming they understood the Demonic Path better than he did?
Although the Heavenly Court and the Four Great Royal Courts did not get along, their stance toward the Demonic Path was absolutely identical: never let it off. On that matter, they were a community of shared interests, standing firmly together.
Who could withstand the Heavenly Court and the Four Great Royal Courts joining forces against them?
If anyone became embroiled with the Demonic Path and this man took action, no one from the Four Great Royal Courts would stand up for them. Even the other sects of the Artifact Refining World would immediately keep their distance and draw a clear line, warning them not to drag the Artifact Refining World into it.
This Order Master of the Pivot Star Token seemed as serene and elegant as a chrysanthemum, yet he had washed entire sects in blood and exterminated them more than a few times.
Upon hearing that he intended to take Shi Chun away, everyone present had instantly thought up ten thousand reasons to refuse. In short, it would not matter who