"The Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List..."
Just as some people began entertaining certain thoughts, before they could voice them, the master of a major Southern Region sect rose from his seat, steeled himself, and cupped his hands.
"Honored seniors, there is something I wish to say, though I do not know whether I should."
The conversation and laughter in the hall faltered slightly, and several gazes swept toward him.
Fine beads of sweat seeped from the sect master's temples, but he persisted. "Honored seniors, my sect and the Mu Clan both reside in the Southern Region. I previously heard Mu Clan disciples say that their young master, Mu Cheng, had an old grudge against the Yun Clan's Eldest Young Master from the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List. Now the Mu Clan has been destroyed, and traces of karmic residue remain at the scene... Although this may not have anything to do with the Yun Clan, surely, surely we ought to ask them about it."
His words were tactful, even cautious, but his meaning could not have been clearer.
The Yun Clan was suspected of "bullying the weak, colluding with foreign demons, and indiscriminately slaughtering immortal clans."
By the time he finished, the gazes of several Immortal Venerables at the Yun Clan's table were already sharp enough to kill.
Yun Yuan turned the wine cup slightly in his hand. Instead of drinking, he gently set it on the table. That soft clink made the sect master's spine stiffen.
The expressions of many powerful figures in the hall shifted at those words. Some frowned, some lowered their eyes, and a few had a flicker of concealed excitement in their gazes.
Hidden ambitions stirred.
Jiang Shouzhuo and True Person Xuanwei exchanged a glance, both frowning deeply. Everyone present was an old fox who