Everyone on the island turned toward the sound.
More than a dozen cultivators descended from the sky, all clad in the Zhao Family's white attire.
The one who had spoken was a cold-faced young cultivator, emanating the mana fluctuations of peak Qi Refining Stage.
Two Foundation Establishment Realm elders followed closely at his side.
Even Li Yuanqing, standing in the center of the grounds, darkened at the sight of their arrival.
"It's the Zhao Family's Ninth Young Master, Zhao Chanzhen!"
"Why is he here?"
"People from the Zhao Family?"
"They aren't here to cause trouble, are they?"
"For decades, the Zhao Family and our Scattered Alliance have kept out of each other's way."
"Why today...?"
Li Yuanqing's expression turned icy. Raising a brow, he asked the Zhao Family members coldly, "What is the meaning of this, Young Master Zhao?"
"Are you planning to interfere in the affairs of our Seventy-Two Loose Cultivator Alliance?"
Facing the Foundation Establishment cultivator before him, Zhao Chanzhen showed no fear whatsoever as he spoke.
"Heh. Since this spirit island is ownerless, does that mean our Zhao Family cannot participate in the auction?"
"Senior Li, that hardly seems reasonable, does it?"
Li Yuanqing sneered. "Your Zhao Family is locked in a bitter struggle with the Spirit Feather Sect in the Cloud Marsh Great Wilderness, yet you still have the leisure to come here and bid on such an insignificant spirit island."
At those words, Zhao Chanzhen's face turned ugly, his composure visibly cracking.
"There is no need for Senior Li to concern himself with the war at the front."
"Our Zhao Family will certainly take part in the contest for this spirit island."
"To put it plainly, if you intend to exclude our Zhao Family, that is absolutely impossible."
The Zhao Family's stance was clearly