At the Iron Banner Gang Main Headquarters in Xiushui Commandery, Eastern Province, Deputy Banner Chief Tie Xiaosheng sat upright in the main hall.
His brows were deeply furrowed, his expression gloomy.
The masters of the various Halls were also present, including Li Shenshan, Wei Yang, Eight-Armed Vajra Sword Bu Yancheng, Poison Fire Sword Dan Chiling, Azure Flood Dragon Hand Lu Jiuli, Corpse Dog Li Manshan, Shadow-Killing Spear Sikong Xin, Eight-Faced Wind Lu Pingyuan, and others-all core figures of the Iron Banner Gang.
Several fifth-grade experts recently recruited by the Iron Banner Gang and three sixth-grade Spellcasters were also in attendance.
Everyone wore a grave expression, their eyes cold and solemn.
Their gazes all rested on a small sword lying on the desk before Tie Xiaosheng.
The small sword was about a foot long, ice-blue throughout, and radiated cold in all directions, covering the desk in a thin layer of ice.
But the real focus was the letter pinned beneath that ice-blue sword.
The letter lay open, allowing everyone to see the three lines written on it.
"Those who obey me shall live; those who defy me shall die.
The leader of the Iron Banner Gang has ten days to come personally to the Extreme Eastern Ice City and pay homage to our king as a token of submission. Otherwise, bear the consequences.
-Extreme Eastern Ice City."
Eight-Armed Vajra Sword Bu Yancheng looked sternly at Shadow-Killing Spear Sikong Xin, who sat two seats farther down from him. "When did this letter and sword appear here?"
This woman had originally been the chief of Zuo Qingyun's Guards and a Gold Medal Assassin of the Life-Reaping Tower.
At the beginning of the year, she had left Xiushui Commandery to cultivate in seclusion at her sect, the Divine Yin Sect. Only two months ago