—The scene was so strange that it was practically unbelievable!
“Wh-what is this?” Many people could not help but cry out when they saw that the truth was even more shocking and exaggerated than the rumors they’d heard.
“What’s going on? Since when did Nebula Pavilion dare to take a life on Commerce Street?” Upon recovering from deep shock after he arrived at the scene, Armament Sect’s Pan Jueming immediately and coldly stared at Wei Xing. “Have you forgotten all about the rules of Dark Asura Hall?”
“Please calm your anger, Elder Pan.” Wei Xing bowed and said with an embarrassed expression, “This is the order personally issued by the First Hall Master.”
“Yuan Tianya?” Pan Jueming let out a hmph. “How dare he go back on his own words. What does he think Armament Sect is? Even if Yuan Tianya is the First Hall Master of Dark Asura Hall, he is not allowed to do whatever he wants in Armament Sect’s domain! Otherwise, Armament Sect will cancel any standing agreements and refuse to cooperate with Dark Asura Hall in the future!”
Wei Xing’s expression bloomed all sorts of colors in anger when he was scolded, but he dared not retort and just lowered his head in silence.
“Armament Sect? Isn’t it Armament Pavilion?” someone interrupted.
“Armament Pavilion is the business created by Armament Sect, and Armament Sect is a… Black Iron force. Moreover, this force is formed by Artificers with the purpose of providing spirit artifacts to all forces. To anger Armament Sect is to refuse any further trade of spirit artifacts because no Artificers will be willing to forge artifacts for you anymore. It is not a consequence that even Yuan Tianya can bear,” someone faintly said.
Pan Jueming went on a rampage, blowing his beard and glaring at everyone. On the side, all the people from Nebula Pavilion and Shattered Ice Manor kept quiet and did not dare to look at him.
“How incredibly horrifying. Who on earth is the owner of Li’s Shop?” Lu Li came over and took a glance at the snowy lands, then at the lonely Li’s Shop sitting at a secluded corner of Commerce Street, exclaiming in surprise, “I wonder why, but I feel like I’m standing at the deepest depths beneath the snowy peaks and glaciers of the Arctic Mountain Range. This is a… most terrifying feeling.”
“Who is inside that house?” evasively asked as Li Zhongzheng’s lips shivered with chattering teeth.
“Whoever he is, he is not someone you and I can face.” Lu Li’s expression was complicated. “How on earth did a small character like Qin Lie know someone like this? How strange…”
“Little Ze, do you know the background of this shop’s owner?” Tu Mo asked.
Tu Ze shook his head with an expression filled with utmost shock. “We only knew that Qin Lie is working as an apprentice in this shop. We have never had any contact with the owner. I cannot believe that such a godly person is hiding inside Icestone City!”
Zhuo Qian, Kang Zhi, and Han Feng’s faces were completely red, and they looked absolutely excited at the snowy scene before them.
“Qin Lie may be able to live!” they screamed inside their hearts.
“Miss…” Liang Zhong quietly arrived at Xie Jingxuan’s side. “What happened? Who on earth is inside that shop?”
“I don’t know.” Xie Jingxuan shook her head.
“The First Hall Master is here!”
“The First Hall Master has come!”
“Pavilion Master Liu and Manor Lord Yan are here as well!”
Suddenly, noise flared up in the area around them.
Amidst the countless soft exclamations, Dark Asura Hall’s First Hall Master, Yuan Tianya, arrived with Liu Yuntao, Yan Wenyan, and five imposing men clad in black iron battle armor. The crowd had parted on their own to allow their passage, and they stood in front of everyone on the frozen-solid, icy road.