Huh?
At Chu Qingci's final words, all five people present froze for a moment.
In the end, they exchanged glances and silently swallowed whatever they had been about to say.
Indeed, since Chu Qingci had gone that far, they could only keep any remaining objections to themselves.
Once the Main Hall fell quiet again, Chu Qingci swept her gaze over them and asked softly, "Do you... have anything else to say?"
When no one spoke, Chu Qingci continued, "If not, then you're dismissed!"
With that, Chu Qingci rose to her feet.
But just as she was about to leave, Feng Jitong spoke up. "S-Sect Master, I have something to report!"
"Mm."
Chu Qingci did not sit back down. Her gaze settled on Feng Jitong. "Go ahead!"
"Sect Master, there were repeated strange noises down the mountain earlier, so I went down to take a look myself!"
As Feng Jitong spoke, embarrassment crept over his face. "Then I found a young man down there with over a hundred armored soldiers!"
"And those soldiers had some pitch-black lumps of iron in their possession!"
"Those things were astonishingly powerful. Every discharge sounded like thunder."
"Now... the entire Rear Mountain has been blasted full of craters. Quite a few people from the Martial World have even died!"
Feng Jitong paused before continuing, "Surely it would be unwise to let this man keep running wild?"
In truth, he had not intended to bring this up.
After all, being scared off by a young man with cannons was rather embarrassing.
But this was no small matter, and he felt it was necessary to mention it.
"Oh..."
Chu Qingci's expression barely changed after hearing him. She merely asked, "Then... what would you suggest, Elder Feng?"
"I suggest that our sect take action and capture him first!"
Feng