Chapter 271: State Of Things (1/2)

Time flew by. Without Seth and Lan Xue knowing, four more months passed since the first time they started to fight against that horde of beasts inside the abyss.

On the surface, the Illusive Ethereal Sanctuary and the Glazed Lake were gathered in a meeting with the people from the Lion's Pride Golden Palace. After they received the message Velgor had ordered Fourth Shadow to anonymously send them, many things and many episodes had already happened between those sects.

A huge purple Skystone mine, was not something that any of them could let go of so easily and the Illusive Ethereal Sanctuary and the Glazed Lake had to take part on this, else they would be losing a golden opportunity.

At the time they received the information, they sent their representatives to verify the area where that mine existed and were able to certify that it really existed, since there was still the energy signature from those purple Skystones around there.

Other than that, they didn't find anything else, but that signature was already the proof they needed to acta. The Lion's Pride Golden Palace had looted everything and were now a threat to them.

Qiao Xuan entered the meeting room and sat at the important seat reserved for him. At the other side of that huge table, the man referred as Sanctuary Master was already seating straight while being accompanied by many powerful elders from his sect.

He had a mild smile of his face, but inwardly, there were many complicated thoughts forming on his head. Most of them were not even related to the mine incident, but to the Glazed Lake. He was silently observing the representative of that sect, following the orders his goddess had given him.

The person representing the Glazed Lake was not the Lake Goddess, in fact it was not even the Lake Mother, since she didn't want to reveal herself yet. The person that came to represent them, was none other than the Eleventh Palace Master, Lady Yushui. Behind her, the Hua Sisters were accompanying her, ready to assist if anything were to happen.

However, there was a subtle frown that never left their faces. That frown, was actually related to the situation that happened with the Twelfth Palace Master Lan Xue. She had gone missing after she left the sect alongside Seth. It has been seven months since they last saw her and nothing any of the other people taking part on this gathering could say, would make them not suspect them for that.

Yushui kept secretly observing the Sanctuary Master, just like he was doing with her.

Suddenly, the Sanctuary Master decided to say some things.

”Lion King Qiao Xuan, I hope you can clarify some things for us, else my Illusive Ethereal Sanctuary and the Palace Masters from the Glazed Lake, wouldn't be able to peacefully rest during the next few days...”

Palace Master Yushui noticed the Sanctuary Master was using them to reinforce his point, but instead of contesting him, she decided to stay silent.

Qiao Xuan felt a fury suddenly rising inside of him, but he was able to control himself properly and talk to the Sanctuary Master.

”What do you need to know? What is it that should really be clarified?” He was controlling himself, but his speech intonation was a bit off. It was like he was about to assume a demanding tone and reverse the logic behind that meeting.

”Lion King Qiao, I guess none of us here has that much free time to be wasting on this meaningless conversation. We want to know how many purple Skystones you have acquired from that mine exploration and how many of them are you ”willing” to part with...?”

The Sanctuary Master was asking that question while maintaining his previous mild smile. However, neither Qiao Xuan nor Palace Master Yushui felt he was trying a peaceful approach. They heard his words as if they were a threat.

For Palace Master Yushui, it didn't change that much. She was already imagining he would be taking that stance, since the Illusive Ethereal Sanctuary had never been a peaceful group of people to deal with at the first place. Actually, they were the most eccentric and the hardest to deal with. But for the Lion King Qiao Xuan, those words were like an affront. Not only that, those words were like the Sanctuary Master was making fun of his predicament, as if they were meant to ridicule him.

Qiao Xuan's Mana Sovereign initial-stage aura burst out of his body, crashing against every single side of the room. The elders from the Illusive Ethereal Sanctuary and even the Palace Masters from the Glazed Lake Sect felt pressured.

He suddenly stood up from his seat and said: ”You want the purple Skystones? Are you fucking serious?! One of my Lion Guardians, the one ranked first was in charge of overlooking the whole fucking operation; however, he is fucking dead now! Tell me... How am I going to part with something I don't even fucking have?”

The whole atmosphere suddenly became heavier and everyone felt that Qiao Xuan was completely furious.

The Sanctuary Master though, still had the same mild smile on his face.

”What do I have to do with it? If he died, it means he was a worthless subordinate.” The Sanctuary Master replied, shocking everyone there.