A stir swept through the crowd below.
Tribulation Deliverance's original Disciple Registry had been the Profound Nether Grotto-Scenery Banner. After Xuanming's death, Chu Mo had replaced it with this banner. Though perfectly logical, it still left quite a few people with a bitter taste in their mouths.
They had thought that once Xuanming was gone, they would no longer have to worry about ending up in a banner. Yet the new Sect Master's Dharmic Treasure was just like his predecessor's-a Myriad Souls Banner!
"Isn't the Sect Master's decision a little..." a cultivator muttered, only for a fellow disciple beside him to clap a hand over his mouth.
"Watch your words! That man brought down even Sect Master Xuanming. Are you trying to get yourself killed? I heard the seniors say that Sect Master Youxuan is narrow-minded-"
Halfway through, he realized he had let something slip and hastily fell silent. But a wide circle had already opened around him, the fellow disciples who had been standing nearby frightened into retreating far away.
Trembling, he raised his head, only to meet a pair of unfathomable eyes.
I'm done for!
I told you to speak, and you actually went and said it?!
Chu Mo looked at the two of them, then shifted his gaze to an Immortal Garden disciple in the crowd.
He had to admit that Tribulation Deliverance disciples were extraordinarily bold. They dared play petty tricks right under his nose; they really did seem to take life and death lightly. He chuckled, tucked the banner into his sleeve, and said, "Elders of the various lineages, envoys from all quarters, please join me in the hall."
With that, he turned, descended the platform, and headed toward the main hall.
Inside the main hall, every seat was filled with guests.
Each of Tribulation