The two Heavenly Venerables did not pursue Lin Jiuyuan and the others. Having received no orders from them, Ji Yinzhou merely watched the people of the Eight Great Houses leave with a dark expression.
Pureblood Heavenly Venerable looked at the tall descendant of the Divine Clan and frowned. "That seemed to be a spatial formation. Giant Strength, did you fail to lock onto him just now?"
Giant Strength Heavenly Venerable shook his head. "There wasn't time. He set up his formation very quickly and has extremely profound attainments in the Formation Dao. He's also very powerful and seems to possess a secret art that enhances his blood and vital energy.
"Ultimately, I underestimated him.
"If it happened again, he probably wouldn't get away.
"To think the Heavenly Punishment Clan has someone like him. Let's discuss countermeasures."
Everyone moved to a conference room.
Giant Strength Heavenly Venerable looked at Ji Yinzhou and asked, "Yinzhou, what do you make of today's events?"
Ji Yinzhou pondered for a moment before saying slowly, "In the Great Hall today, I deliberately acted arrogant and rude to test the Eight Great Houses' resolve to help the Heavenly Punishment Clan.
"The Eight Great Houses were extremely firm in defending Heaven's Punishment. That is absolutely not how they should react merely because an elder was rescued.
"There must be a deeper reason behind it.
"It most likely has something to do with the Tang Family!
"We were too indecisive back then. We actually failed to wipe out the Tang Family to the last person.
"Our top priority now is to investigate the real reason the Eight Great Houses came to these waters!
"If it really has to do with the Tang Family, we must wipe them out completely and leave no future trouble!
"Then there's Zhong Tianyin's identity,