Skyward City.
The restrictions protecting the city had already been lowered to their weakest level.
Whoosh!
A streak of escape light shot out of Skyward City and flew into the distance...
Blackwater Old Devil sat on his white jade chair, his expression utterly grim. He cursed, "That little bastard sure hid fast... forget it, forget it! Those two old bastards from the Thousand Mountains School and the Green Mountain Sect won't cooperate either...!"
As he spoke, he stopped in midair, hesitation appearing on his face. He had been haggling with Old Daoist Qing Xuan for days, repeatedly asking about the Ye Han from the rumors...
But Old Daoist Qing Xuan kept changing the subject, or simply said that Ye Han had already returned to the Azure Profound Sect...
He only discussed terms with him. In truth, the Azure Profound Sect's conditions were not harsh: things would remain as they had been before, each keeping its well water out of the other's river water, standing united against outsiders, and no longer waging war within Heavenly Billows...
But if he agreed, where would that leave his dignity and the Black Water Sect's? Three sects had joined forces against the Azure Profound Sect alone, yet not only had they gained nothing, they would also have to go back on their word to the Thousand Mountains School and the Green Mountain Sect and withdraw from the fighting. The Black Water Sect would lose face in a colossal way...
Such humiliation would not merely wound their pride. It would also deal an enormous blow to the Black Water Sect's reputation.
Just imagine: with the Four Great Sects of Heavenly Billows evenly matched, three had joined forces against one, yet gained nothing and suffered such disgrace. Outsiders would readily begin to doubt the Black Water Sect's