The territory of Nanzhou, within the Heavenly Talisman Sect.
This place is located in an ancient sacred mountain range, where smoke rises from chimneys and buildings stand in rows, clearly indicating a prosperous and magnificent Mountain Gate.
At the entrance to the Rear Mountain, dozens of Mountain Gate dressed in their standard robes filed in, each carrying a large treasure box wrapped in seals. Their slightly flushed faces showed that the boxes were quite heavy.
This type of Storage Treasure Tool is of a low grade and cannot completely eliminate the weight of the items stored inside like a high-grade Storage Ring; it can only reduce the weight slightly.
However, its advantage lies in its large internal space, so such a storage box is only used when storing large quantities of mineral goods.
After the Heavenly Talisman Sect disciples responsible for delivering the treasure boxes had all left the Rear Mountain.
The middle-aged man in the gray robe finally revealed an irrepressible smile of satisfaction.
"Sixty million tons of Thick Earth Virtue —it's truly remarkable that the Southern Continent's Celestial Heavenly Supervision Department agreed to it..."
His name is Luo Jinghui.
As the current sect leader of the Heavenly Talisman Sect, he was well aware of how much the resources he had extracted from the Heavenly Supervision Department would benefit his future promotion.
This was enough for him to cultivate the Heavenly Talisman Nirvana Method, which he hadn't mastered for many years, to the point where he could break through to the Creation Realm.
Although in terms of foundation, it certainly cannot compare to its own Talisman Ancestor.
But that doesn't matter.
No matter what, Martial Dao True Lord is still Martial Dao True Lord.
In the Supreme Pure Divine Continent, this name alone possesses immense power.
At that time, the Heavenly Talisman Sect, possessing two Martial Dao True Lords, will become a unique hegemonic force on the Southern Continent, even on par with the Southern Continent Heavenly Supervision Department...
Luo Jinghui couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
This not only secured his own future promotion, but also enhanced the reputation and status of the Heavenly Talisman Sect in the Southern Continent and the entire Taiqing Shenzhou.
It should be noted that this pressure on the Southern Continent Heavenly Supervision Department is not solely the intention of the Heavenly Talisman Sect.
Rather, it was the collective will of the forces behind the many prodigies who died violently in the royal city that day!
This was to test Shenzhou's attitude towards this matter, and to ascertain the importance of Elder Ye Li of the Eastern Continent to Shenzhou.
Only after clarifying these two issues can they take action on this matter and extract some corresponding benefits from Shenzhou!
Perhaps it sensed the rich, precious mineral aura emanating from this place.
A young man, also dressed in a gray robe, but with countless Talisman seemingly moving beneath it, quietly appeared in this place.
He looked quite young.
His aura was many times more profound than that of Luo Jinghui, the sect master of the Heavenly Talisman Sect.
"They actually delivered it..."
As he spoke, his gaze swept over the treasure box on the ground, and then he asked casually, "What else did that Elder Chen say?"
Chen Zhan, the Director of the Celestial Observatory the Southern Continent's Observatory, is a genuine Creation True Monarch.
There are very few people in the entire Southern Continent who dare to call him an old man.
The young man in the gray robe was one of them.
"Reporting to the Old Ancestor, he also told us to take care of ourselves."
Facing the young man, Luo Jinghui immediately became respectful and smiled, "Apart from that, it's just some irrelevant nonsense."
"For example, the entire Heavenly Talisman Sect forbids the use of Curse Talismans against Elder Ye of the Eastern Continent... Speaking of which, he even planned to personally come to apologize for Lingxi's death."
The deceased Heavenly Talisman Sect prodigy Luo Lingxi was his biological daughter.
But there was little sadness in his eyes; instead, they were filled with an irrepressible smile.
After all, the fallen geniuses will not return.
However, the vulnerability that Shenzhou has gained as a result can be exploited by them tenfold or even a hundredfold!
In addition, regarding the two questions that were previously probed.
The answer is now quite obvious.
At the very least, the Southern Continent Heavenly Supervision Department adopted a cowardly attitude of "giving way if possible" regarding this matter.
The fact that they were even willing to compensate with such a large amount of Thick Earth Virtue is enough to show how important that Eastern Continent elder was!
This intelligence is of paramount importance and will be utilized to the fullest extent by the many Mountain Gate within the Divine Continent whose prodigies were killed in the days to come.
Among them was the Divine Continent Alliance, which Luo Jinghui knew about.
There were more than a dozen forces with at least Divine Connection Realm expert in charge who were extremely dissatisfied with, and even resentful, about this matter.
Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to openly challenge the Southern Continent Director of the Celestial Observatory Bureau.
As for the other continents, those top-tier forces that also possess Martial Dao True Lord.
The Heavenly Talisman Sect had previously sent them a letter inquiring about their attitude toward the Royal City massacre and informing them of their own course of action.
Unfortunately, there was never a response.
Clearly, they have all chosen to remain inactive, intending to wait until things settle down with the Heavenly Talisman Sect before taking any further action.
They're a bunch of short-sighted idiots; they don't even understand the principle of first come, first served...
Luo Jinghui sneered inwardly, planning to write another letter tonight, informing those True Lord forces of all his gains and intelligence.
You will definitely receive a reply then.
It wasn't that he was selfless and willing to share hard-won intelligence with everyone; it was just that for such a dangerous task as challenging the official authorities of Shenzhou, the more colleagues on the same boat, the better.
The law does not punish the masses.
Luo Jinghui believed that, for the sake of maintaining a stable order within the Divine Continent, as long as he continued to exert pressure, the Southern Continent Heavenly Supervision Department would make even more concessions on this matter.
"Go to their home to apologize?"
Old Ancestor Tianfu grinned, as if he had heard some great joy. "For a Supreme Elder of the Eastern Continent, Chen Zhan is really willing to lower himself."
What was the status of the Southern Continent Director of the Celestial Observatory?
Even if that elder from the Eastern Continent was a newly promoted True Monarch of Creation Realm, apologizing on his behalf... seemed a bit too protective.
"That's what I think too."
Luo Jinghui composed himself and smiled, "But this also shows that Ye Li is indeed hiding a secret. Otherwise, let alone an apology, Chen Zhan would probably have personally dragged him here to apologize..."
Before he finished speaking, the Communication Jade Slip at his waist began to tremble slightly.
Luo Jinghui was taken aback at first, then looked directly at his Old Ancestor.
"Catch."
Old Ancestor Tianfu was not angry at having his conversation interrupted; he simply waved his hand casually.
Luo Jinghui nodded, then took the Communication Jade Slip from his waist and activated it by injecting his true energy.
"What's going on? Didn't I say before that when I'm handling important matters in the Rear Mountain, no one can disturb me unless it's something urgent?"
He frowned and said coldly to the Jade Slip, "No one is particularly happy when they encounter official business while in a good mood."
[Sect Master, please calm down. It's just that Supervisor Chen came in person, specifically requesting to see you, and he brought with him a young man I've never seen before.]
"Young man?" Luo Jinghui frowned even more deeply. "Did they say what his name is?"
When someone personally visits another person to apologize, they are usually accompanied by a trusted confidant, in order to demonstrate the sincerity of the apology.
However, Chen Zhan only had a few important confidants, each of whom held considerable prestige in the Southern Continent. How could the Heavenly Talisman Sect steward, who was in charge of receiving them, not recognize them?
Judging from this, this unfamiliar young man is probably no ordinary person.
"Some."
This time, the voice emanating from the Jade Slip was not that of the deacon, but rather a young voice, equally unfamiliar, clear and sharp like jade striking jade.
My name is Ye Li.
"Does Sect Leader Luo recall this?"
The young voice lacked any extra emotion, not even a noticeable fluctuation, yet Luo Jinghui felt a strange sense of irritation rising within him.