The queen had a fair idea of who was inside the palace.
Had she been an ordinary person, she might have turned and fled at once. But she was not. She was the queen of the Merfolk Tribe, and even if only for the royal family's dignity, she had to face whatever might happen next.
Jiao Zhu followed her mother's gaze and saw the mass of dark totems as well.
Just as she was wondering where these people had come from.
Jiao Zhu received a voice transmission from her mother. "They're from the Azure Tide Sect's Enforcement Hall. Once we're inside, don't speak out of turn."
After another dozen or so steps, they reached the entrance. Jiao Zhu's face alternated between pale and ashen as she walked beside her mother and asked, "Why would people from the Enforcement Hall come here?"
Although Jiao Zhu had never met anyone from the Enforcement Hall, she had heard plenty of stories about them.
These people roamed every corner of the Azure Realm, and their informants could be anywhere. Rumor had it, however, that although their Hall Master, Qingyu, was ruthless, his cultivation was not particularly high. Then there was the cultivation of the Enforcement Hall's members, which had always been shrouded in mystery. They supposedly included cultivators of almost every cultivation level, though those at the higher levels rarely showed themselves.
The queen cast Jiao Zhu a cool glance. "What do you think they've come for?"
Jiao Zhu remembered that Chu Luohen and Su Jiu were both disciples of the Azure Tide Sect. Presumably, the arrival of the Enforcement Hall's members was inextricably linked to them.
But Su Jiu and Chu Luohen had already fallen into that whirlpool. If the Enforcement Hall really demanded that they hand them over, where could mother and