The sheer presence of Chun Xiaobai and his people, especially the army behind him, would probably have dwarfed even that of genuine Emperor Pavilion Envoys!
If they had been wearing the old purple-and-gold armor, everyone would have recognized it at a glance.
But... they had switched to a new style.
And that imposing air... really did not seem counterfeit!
But... since when had the Emperor Pavilion been greedy for money?
After all, they sent gifts to the Emperor Pavilion every year. They had even offered Supreme Treasures!
Yet every time, the gifts had been sent back!
But these black-clad Emperor Pavilion Envoys had actually come knocking to extort them!
No! Something was wrong!
The two Ancestors had, after all, eaten more salt than everyone present combined had eaten rice!
Anyone who was not blind would surely see that something was clearly amiss!
They once again sent a secret voice transmission. "Sect Master! You and I both know what the Emperor Pavilion is like!"
"They have eyes only for demons, never for profit!"
"Look at these people. They obviously came here to extort us!"
Saint Lord Lingbo swept his gaze around, studying the Black-Armored Army before him. Cold light gleamed from every one of them, and the breathing of those farther away had even begun to quicken.
This... this...
Saint Lord Lingbo's expression jolted. "What audacity! They actually dared come to my Heavenly Water Sacred Land to extort us?!"
"They dared impersonate Emperor Pavilion Envoys and come to my Heavenly Water Sacred Land to frame us!"
"Do they really think my Heavenly Water Sacred Land's tens of thousands of years of foundations are just for show?!"
He immediately concluded that the Black-Armored Army was banking on their fear of the Emperor Pavilion Envoys. The Emperor Pavilion had kept its eyes fixed