Although these elders and sect masters did not know Qin Ruoxue's true identity, they had all heard vague rumors that the Mystic Ice Palace had immensely powerful backing.
Yet none of them had ever imagined that resolving this would require the Alliance Leader to intervene personally.
For a moment, no one dared make another sound. They simply stood quietly to one side.
Envoy Zhang immediately took out his Identity Token. Spiritual light flickered at his fingertips as he swiftly formed a Hand Seal.
Meanwhile, the people from the Heavenly Baleful Valley had finished examining the Image Recording Stone.
They had seen their noble, coldly beautiful Saintess, Ye Liuli, held in the arms of a shifty-eyed, vicious bandit.
Then they heard that outrageous line, "If you don't pay up, we'll give your Sect Master a grandchild!" Their lungs nearly exploded with rage!
Bastard!
If the Saintess really ended up bearing the child of one of those hypocrites from the Righteous Alliance, their Sect Master would probably go mad on the spot!
At the same time, they realized that those fellows from the Righteous Alliance were deliberately haggling!
They had never intended to pay the ransom. They merely wanted the Sect Master to learn that his daughter had been placed in danger because of their delays, unleashing his thunderous wrath and throwing the Heavenly Baleful Valley into internal chaos!
"What a venomous scheme!" The elders cursed furiously.
"Grand Elder, what do we do now? I'm afraid they won't release the Saintess even if we pay the ransom!"
Everyone immediately turned to Zheng Tianyuan with anxious eyes.
Zheng Tianyuan also realized how grave the situation was.
The Righteous Alliance had probably come with murderous intent this time!
Otherwise, why had they not used Ye Liuli as a bargaining chip as soon as they