Meanwhile.
On the top floor of the Star Sea Merchant Alliance headquarters, in a VIP room.
Several high-grade restrictions that blocked probing had already been laid throughout the lavishly furnished room.
Zuo Miaoqing sat upright in the large chair.
Her eyes were lightly closed, as though she had entered meditation.
On the surveillance projection array here, she appeared to be merely resting her eyes.
In reality, however.
She was using the communication jade talisman in her palm to contact her family countless light-years away.
At that moment.
A slightly illusory middle-aged figure hovered quietly within her spiritual consciousness.
The man wore snow-white robes and had a distinguished appearance. His features bore some resemblance to Zuo Miaoqing's, but carried a sharper air of effortless authority.
He was none other than the renowned Snow God City Lord!
"So..."
The middle-aged man's projection stood with his hands behind his back, his voice low:
"That Ye Li has already agreed."
"The [Ice-Soul Snow Lotus] has also been delivered, but you still haven't determined his cultivation realm."
"That's correct."
Zuo Miaoqing sighed with a hint of helplessness:
"Father, the Alliance's senior officials here are far too vigilant."
"That You Tiancheng seemed to notice something. He intercepted the wooden box before it reached Ye Li and prevented him from touching it on the spot."
"Hardly surprising." The Snow God City Lord sneered. "That was always their way of doing things."
"..."
Zuo Miaoqing did not respond, instead changing the subject:
"Still, this trip hasn't been entirely fruitless."
"Ye Li personally admitted that the White Tower God was in an incomplete state, not at his peak."
"In that case, killing him was impressive, but not beyond explanation."
"If he was telling the truth... his strength may not have reached the level you imagined. He might not even