By presenting his gifts, Venerable Hidden Moon had secured a "friend slot" with Li Chen and made himself a familiar face.
Many things, then, would have to wait until they returned to the Imperial Capital.
With so many people here, Venerable Hidden Moon found it difficult to broach them.
Meanwhile, in a mysterious location, a group of people with strange auras were discussing matters.
"Damn it, Morris wasn't with the delegation. Our plan failed."
"Did someone leak our plans to attack? We thought we had every angle covered."
As they spoke, those present eyed one another.
Someone suddenly spoke up. "Stop looking at each other. Too many people wanted to attack him. Some of them probably let something slip, and Heavenly Strategy's people noticed and had that old fellow from the Witch Gu Holy Land take Morris away."
This explanation was quite reasonable. Now they were trying to determine which route Morris would take into the Imperial Capital.
If they found it, they might get another chance to attack. This time, they had to succeed.
However, they ought to count themselves lucky that they failed to find Morris's route.
Because Morris now had four Saint Realm cultivators beside him. Whoever went after him would die.
On the train back to the Imperial Capital, since Li Chen had already obtained three Immortal Tokens, he could no longer be bothered to visit the Mount Sumeru Skyward Pavilion in the Northern Region.
The Mount Sumeru Skyward Pavilion had also missed a chance to latch onto a powerful patron.
They probably hadn't expected Venerable Hidden Moon to swoop in and snatch the prize here.
Upon returning to the Imperial Capital, Li Chen had barely stepped through the palace gates when Eunuch Cui hurried up to him. "Your Majesty, where have you been? So many