Master?
Wang Ba's expression did not change, but his heart involuntarily tightened.
Inside Qian Dong Hall, the person these Human Puppet guards respectfully called "Master" certainly could not be Bai Yu.
Then that person's identity was naturally all but obvious.
But he could not understand why the other party had summoned him when he had clearly come to find Bai Yu.
Yet, seeing the gazes directed at him from all around, Wang Ba could only steel himself and follow close behind the Human Puppet guard into the pitch-black entrance of the palace.
Passing through a silent vestibule, he soon saw the situation inside.
Several Foundation Establishment cultivators stood nearby, seemingly reporting something.
Bai Yu was among them.
When Wang Ba entered, apart from Bai Yu, whose hollow black eye sockets seemed fixed straight ahead, the others all glanced at him before quickly withdrawing their gazes.
Wang Ba shifted his gaze slightly.
He soon saw a cultivator seated at the head of the palace, his presence profound and unfathomable. Dressed in black, he had handsome features and looked like a graceful young man.
It was none other than Lu Yuansheng, the newly advanced Gold Core elder, now second only to the Sect Master in the Heavenly Gate Sect.
The instant he saw him, Wang Ba's hair stood on end, and even his eyes began to sting. He hurriedly lowered his head respectfully.
Yet the voices of the cultivators reporting and Lu Yuansheng making decisions still reached his ears.
"An Incense Dao third-tier Spirit Refining cultivator is stationed in the southeast. Though he fears the elder's presence and does not dare act rashly, with his support, Li Canghai is quite a problem. No one on our side can hold him in check..."
"And Zheng Yuanhua is sinister and cunning. He has seen