Seeing Ming Qi's expression and hearing what she had said, the Supreme Great Elder's heart grew even heavier. He increasingly felt that the news Ming Qi had brought back might contain a major upheaval at the front lines.
"Even Ming Hua and Ming Qiushan could not resolve it. It seems I can only cast aside my old face and dignity once again, and ask whether the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan is willing to loosen its grip..."
Though the Supreme Great Elder thought this, his face remained as warm and mild as ever. He had endured humiliations greater and harsher than this, so many times that he was nearly unable to remember them all.
At worst, he would suffer another humiliation. But the clansmen could not be allowed to feel such things. From top to bottom, the Undying Underworld Phoenix Clan had to maintain a heart that never admitted defeat, rather than knowing only despair and failure with no end in sight.
"Do not worry. Say whatever you need to say. Sit down first, then tell me!"
The Supreme Great Elder saw Ming Qi's caution. She feared that someone might overhear her words. Smiling, he pointed toward a bamboo chair off to one side below.
Only when she was about to speak did Ming Qi instinctively glance around in the directions from which someone might arrive. In truth, she knew that no outsider could hear anything here.
Even the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan would find it difficult. With their clan-protecting grand formation activated, even if their ancestor used divine sense to investigate, it would be impossible to penetrate silently without triggering the formation.
The Supreme Elder had long told them this. This formation left behind by their ancestors was still immensely powerful, which was why their clansmen could live here in