The Jia Ma Imperial Palace.
The moment Yao Ye returned to the Imperial Capital, she rushed straight to the palace, her heart burning with anxiety.
Soon, Yao Ye reached a quiet, secluded Main Hall without any obstruction.
"Grandpatriarch, Yao Ye requests an audience!"
Looking into the empty Main Hall, Yao Ye spoke with some urgency.
"Little Ye, what brings you rushing to the palace in such a hurry?"
As soon as Yao Ye finished speaking, a white-haired elder in a plain linen robe suddenly appeared in the Main Hall. He smiled at her, his aged face brimming with affection.
This white-haired elder was Jia Xingtian, the power behind the present Jia Ma Imperial Family, known as Linen-Robed Elder Jia.
"Grandpatriarch, something has happened!"
Only upon seeing Jia Xingtian did Yao Ye slowly breathe a sigh of relief. Then she told him everything she had learned on her trip to Xiao City.
"What? Yun Yun was defeated by the Xiao Clan?"
"And they captured her alive?"
Upon hearing the news Yao Ye brought, Jia Xingtian's formerly composed expression changed drastically, disbelief spreading across his face.
"To think the Xiao Clan had concealed itself so deeply. Even Yun Yun, who is in the Dou Huang Realm, was captured alive."
Jia Xingtian's expression grew grave.
Their ability to defeat Yun Yun, a Dou Huang Realm expert, meant that the Xiao Clan already possessed the strength to contend with the Imperial Family.
This immediately gave Jia Xingtian something of a headache.
For all these years, the Imperial Family had remained on guard against the Misty Cloud Sect.
Yet before they could suppress the Misty Cloud Sect, a Xiao Clan no weaker than it had emerged.
Truly, this was an autumn of troubles!
"Grandpatriarch, what should we do now?"
Yao Ye looked at Jia Xingtian