"Uh, there''s no sign of World Destroyer, but his soulmp hasn''t gone out. He hasn''t returned either."


    A brief silence fell behind the curtain, tinged with anger. Then a deep voice spoke: "What is that good-for-nothing doing?"


    The subordinate remained silent.


    After a long while, the voice behind the curtain continued, "Go on."


    "Yes, sir."


    "Envoy, sir."


    "Our spies hidden outside the Heaven and Earth Sect''s ind have gathered some information through indirect means and rumors."


    "In the past two days, an important figure has returned to the Heaven and Earth Sect. If our guess is correct, it should be the master of the ind."


    "After returning, he seems to have activated arge number of Jade Tablets, summoning his personal disciples back to the ind.""Oh?" An surprised sound came from behind the curtain.


    "If I''m not mistaken, this is a reaction to the Ten Heavenly Enforcers entering the ind, isn''t it?"


    "It seems that although the Ten Heavenly Enforcers died, they''ve still caused significant pressure and impact. At the very least, the sect must have sensed our presence and perceived the danger and pressure. That''s why the master had to return personally and gather his disciples."


    "It looks like they''re getting anxious!"


    "I suspect they''re currently discussing how to deal with us."


    "The Envoy is most perceptive," the subordinate ttered. Just then, a Jade Tablet flickered.


    He took out the Jade Tablet to receive the message, his eyes brightening. He quickly reported, "Just as the Envoy predicted, our spies have observed from the outskirts that an unprecedented gathering of core members is taking ce on the ind. They''re currently on a boat floating on theke, seemingly discussing something important."


    "The ind''s master might be among them as well."


    "This is the scene reported from there, for the Envoy''s review."


    Theke breeze blew, cool andfortable.


    On such a fine day, Yi Feng naturally invited the group of old men on the ind for a gathering.


    They took a boat out, each with a fishing rod.


    While fishing, they chatted about gossip.


    "Let me tell you, sir," one old man said, "that boar in our backyard, if you just lead him around the ind once, all the other sows will definitely go crazy for him... Justst time, we bred him with Old Man Li''s old sow, and she gave birth to eighteen piglets in one litter. That''s how impressive he is."


    "Nonsense! What does it have to do with your boar if my sow gives birth to many piglets?" another old man couldn''t help but retort.


    "Stop arguing, stop arguing. What''s so interesting about talking about pigs? Let''s gossip instead," Old Man Wang said in a low voice. "Do you know that Liu the Gossip from the street entrance and Zhang the Lame from the end of the street have hooked up?"


    "And not only that, but they were caught in the act by Pork Rong."


    "Oh?"


    "Quick, tell us what happened!"


    Yi Feng''s interest was immediately piqued.


    "Shh, keep your voices down. Let me tell you all about it. It was on a dark and windy night..."


    Upon hearing this, everyone leaned in with curious and tense expressions.


    As they listened to Old Man Wang''s tale, they frowned at times and gasped at others.


    The atmosphere was incredibly lively.


    "Haha..."


    "Just as I expected," came a coldugh from behind the curtain, full of disdain.


    "But what use is their strategizing?"


    "In the face of absolute power, everything else is an illusion."


    "Look at how nervous they are. If they knew it woulde to this, why did they act as they did in the first ce?"


    "From the moment they began topete with our lord for karmic fortune, their fate was sealed. The Ten Heavenly Enforcers were merely a small warning to them."


    "The real show is yet toe. When the others return from different nes, we''ll deal with them at our leisure!"