Every Cocoon Breaker except Zeng Ju had attended today's meeting on the Ancestral Star, which made its importance easy to imagine. Although they had discussed no major matters, any seemingly insignificant remark could in fact change the history of an Administrative Planet. Yet the Green Mountain Patriarch had neither spoken nor expressed any position from beginning to end, until he finally opened his mouth now.
He spoke a name.
Tong Yan was the newest Ascension One, and his cultivation and strength could hardly be poor, but he did not amount to much in the Cocoon Breakers' eyes. At the very least, he was nowhere near as dangerous as Zhao Layue with White Ghost beside her. Why had the Green Mountain Patriarch mentioned him the moment he spoke?
It did not take Chen Ya long to understand-Tong Yan was Jing Jiu's strategist. He had contacted the Star Gate Priestess as soon as he appeared, and clearly had plans. Someone like that might seem inconspicuous, but given enough time, who knew how great a fire he could kindle beneath the grasslands? The simplest and most effective way to eliminate that risk before it became a threat was, of course, to kill him outright.
"I'll kill him as soon as possible," he said.
The Green Mountain Patriarch waved his hand, though whether he was acknowledging this or had something else in mind was unclear.
As the old man's withered hand moved, the mist over the hot spring began flowing again. The enormous Light Screen vanished, and then the cliff rock above the cave abode parted naturally, revealing the azure sky.
The expanse of azure sky grew wider and wider until the cave abode stood completely open, exposed to the sunlight. Ahead lay a silver beach, and farther away were blue-green sea trees, with