The next day.
In the City Lord’s Manor’s great hall, experts from various sects, families and other powers successively entered, taking seats according to the name cards placed on the tables.
Actually, this meeting was quite professional—the tables and chairs inside could completely accommodate nearly a thousand people.
“Tsk tsk.”
Jun Changxiao followed his master inside, looking at the various experts gathered, secretly sighing: “Those who can come participate must be important figures with status in the Upper Realm.”
Just then, Guhong Zhenren brought his disciple in.
He coldly glanced at Tonggu Zhenren, then arrogantly found his position and sat down.
Jun Changxiao had nothing better to do and carefully examined that black-robed person again, but because of the protective treasure, he simply couldn’t spy on his appearance, much less his realm level.
Two words: mysterious!
The more mysterious, the more it aroused curiosity.
So Jun Changxiao kept wondering what was so special about this guy.
“Disciple.”
Tonggu Zhenren transmitted: “That disciple of old Guhong was brought up from the Lower Realm. I heard he’s a Child of the Plane.”
“Child of the Plane?”
Jun Changxiao said in surprise, “That’s pretty impressive.”
Although Lower Realm planes couldn’t compare to the Upper Universe worlds, having the status of Child of the Plane definitely counted as a heaven’s proud son.
Wait!
Strictly speaking, he himself also counted as Star Fall Continent’s master. If he had children in the future, wouldn’t that be equivalent to being a Child of the Plane?
Sigh.
Since he wasn’t a Heavenly Emperor’s son, he’d work hard to let his descendants enjoy illustrious status.
“The prerequisite is.”
The system mocked, “The host has to be capable.”
“How do you know I’m not capable!”
“Are you capable?”
“Why wouldn’t I be capable?”
“Fine, fine, you’re capable!”
At this solemn meeting, Dog Sheng nearly got into an argument with the system.
Of course, while Jun Changxiao was observing the black-robed person, the black-robed person was also observing him, but being hidden too deeply, his facial expression changes couldn’t be seen at all.
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After a moment.
Expert teams led by the Ten Great Immortal Sects walked in.
Among them were elders who had previously visited the Eternal Sect, as well as unfamiliar old men with imposing presence—clearly extraordinary strength.
This meeting held in Sacred City was initiated by the Ten Great Immortal Sects, so when they appeared, the big shots from various sect powers all rose to greet them.
Jun Changxiao didn’t stand up.
Honestly.
He had no good feelings toward the Ten Great Immortal Sects. If not for the fact that this concerned the Upper Realm’s safety, he wouldn’t even bother attending.
Tonggu Zhenren, Qiye Zhenren, and Guhong Zhenren also didn’t stand up.
Various sect powers had to look at the Immortal Sects’ faces, but these rogue cultivators simply didn’t care.
Seemingly understanding their personalities, although the Ten Great Immortal Sects showed displeased expressions, they said nothing and announced the meeting officially beginning after taking their seats.
Since it was a meeting, there was naturally a topic.
This discussion topic was: where exactly did the ten warships come from, and would they come invade the Upper Realm again?
“Everyone.”
Elder Zeng of Lingtian Immortal Sect cleared his throat, just about to speak, when Jun Changxiao cut in first: “The ten warships came from Star Spirit Realm. This plane is extremely proficient in array techniques and can traverse from the distant cosmic starry sky to our Upper Realm.”
As soon as these words were spoken, they drew discussion from the crowd.
“Star Spirit Realm?”
“Never heard of it.”
Tch.
The Upper Universe was so vast—forget Star Spirit Realm, even Mountain Sea Realm from the same system, you probably haven’t heard of either.
“Sect Master Jun.”
Elder Zeng said, “How do you know this?”
Jun Changxiao leaned back in his chair, his fingers rhythmically tapping the table: “Earlier, one of the fighters that flew from the warship happened to land intact on Eternal Immortal Mountain. My Array Hall cracked it and learned quite a bit of information.”
“Are you certain?”
The Ten Great Immortal Sect experts expressed doubt.
“You can choose not to believe.” Jun Changxiao placed both hands on the table, leaning his body forward with the most serious and earnest expression: “But there’s bad news this seat needs to tell you all—in three years, they will come again, and in numbers greater than before.”
Star Spirit Realm’s invasion concerned the entire Upper Realm, so he wouldn’t hide it. After all, when that day came, they’d still need to rely on the Ten Great Immortal Sects and other powers to resist. If he had the strength, he’d help; if not, he’d just stand aside.
Elder Zeng looked at the other nine Immortal Sect experts, his eyes gradually filling with worry.
Actually, before holding the meeting, the Ten Great Immortal Sects had already sat together to discuss, even speculating whether the invaders would return.
Now, the Eternal Sect master giving a specific timeline—regardless of whether it was reliable, they had to prepare for the worst to prevent disaster from arriving without being able to respond in time.
“Of course.”
Jun Changxiao said, “Currently the greatest threat to the Upper Realm is still the Demon Ancestor who just revived. The invasion of external warships might even be related to that fellow.”
“What do you mean by this?” Elder Zeng said.
Various experts also looked over.
This meeting was originally led by the Ten Great Immortal Sects, but Jun Changxiao spoke first, revealing Star Spirit Realm and the three-year danger coming, instantly becoming the most dazzling presence at the venue.
“External forces suddenly invading, just happening to be after Demon Ancestor’s revival—if you say there’s no relationship between the two, do you think that’s possible?”
“…”
Everyone fell silent.
Indeed, Demon Ancestor had just revived and the Upper Realm was invaded—calling it coincidence was too coincidental.
“According to documents this seat has reviewed,” Jun Changxiao said, “The Demon Delusion Tribe wasn’t originally in the myriad tribes system, suddenly appearing in the Upper Realm. This probably hides some unspeakable scheme.”
“Sect Master Jun’s meaning is…” Elder Zeng’s face grew grave: “The Demon Delusion Tribe came from Star Spirit Realm? The external warships suddenly attacking is Demon Ancestor tipping them off?”
“There’s this possibility,” Jun Changxiao said.
“Good grief!”
A hot-tempered expert raged, “This Demon Ancestor and his Demon Delusion Tribe are actually spies infiltrated into our Upper Realm! No wonder they had such great ambition a hundred thousand years ago!”
“Although he managed to revive, his vitality must be greatly damaged. With Demon Delusion Domain sealed by our predecessors, knowing he can’t fight us, he can only call for reinforcements?” Tonggu Zhenren said.
Jun Changxiao silently gave his master a thumbs up.
He was merely setting the pace against Demon Ancestor, who quickly provided reasonable speculation without prior rehearsal, achieving tacit cooperation.
During this time, Dog Sheng had been thinking about one question.
Why did the whole world know Yao Mengying had the complete Innate Sacred Demon Body?
It could be said that in almost a single day it spread throughout the entire Upper Realm—this was clearly someone paying for trolls to set the pace, deliberately targeting his Eternal Sect!
Who?
The most suspicious candidate was definitely Demon Ancestor, because the girl inheriting the complete body meant he had nothing left.
If this made him angry and embarrassed enough to play dirty tricks, that would be very normal.
Although there was no absolute evidence to prove it, since he suspected Demon Ancestor did it, Jun Changxiao directly assumed it was him. He had to let him know: you play tricks on me, I’ll play schemes on you.
“Correct!”
Elder Zeng slammed the table, his eyes cold: “Our immediate priority is still to quickly find Demon Ancestor. This spy is our Upper Realm’s greatest internal threat!”
The currently recuperating Demon Ancestor, if he knew that because Jun Changxiao deliberately set the pace, he instantly got labeled a “spy,” would probably vomit blood on the spot.
“Everyone.”
Jun Changxiao continued, “Reviving Demon Ancestor has always been secretly orchestrated by Burial Moon Pavilion. According to my Eternal Sect’s intelligence, this organization has a very important branch right in Sea King City.”
Earlier when the heavenly phenomenon occurred and Yao Mengying was controlled, he wouldn’t forget this grudge. Since they were playing schemes, Burial Moon Pavilion naturally couldn’t be left out. If the Ten Great Immortal Sects could help eliminate them together, that would be best.
Using a borrowed knife to kill.
I, Jun Changxiao, can play this too!
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