As the setting sun sank below the horizon, dusk enveloped the council hall of the Xuantian Sect. Seven figures sat in a circle around an ancient red sandalwood table, the atmosphere so heavy it seemed on the verge of freezing.
"Everyone, has the news been confirmed? Is that Ling Xiao truly the person with a bounty on his head from the Star Alliance?" Jin Wufeng, master of the Gold Steel Sect, broke the silence first. Built like an iron tower, his burly figure radiated a greedy light from his tiger-like eyes.
Yin Jiuyou, master of the Xuantian Cult, gently stroked the bone fan in his hand and chuckled sinisterly: "There's no doubt about it. The secret agent planted by my cult within the Star Alliance sent back definitive word—when Situ Hao's only son, Situ Ming, died at the Nether Ruins, Ling Xiao happened to be right there."
Chapter 543