Armipotent

Chapter 2148: Ximen Family

It was the Alliance Leader’s order for him to receive Tang Shaoyang directly. Yesterday’s incident would rile up their people, and they might do something unnecessary because the Alliance Leader did nothing after what they did to one of the Wardens on top of the humiliations.

Alliance Leader’s concern was proven right. Even though he had shared the sketch with all the guards, they still did something silly.

Old Zhou actually wanted to watch what Tang Shaoyang would do, but he changed his mind the moment he saw the smile on Tang Shaoyang’s face. That smile gave him an uneasy feeling.

People were not aware of what the Alliance Leader thought of Tang Shaoyang, but he had a conversation with the Alliance Leader last night. Alliance Leader admitted that Tang Shaoyang and the people behind him might be as dangerous as the Heaven Founder.

Alliance Leader was worried that this unknown group would take advantage of the situation to get rid of the Murim Alliance. That was the reason why the Kunlun Sect and Shaolin were here. The Alliance Leader summoned them, as did the four Great Families.

The summons was for all major factions, but only thirteen of them responded, and six of them came. The Four Great Empires ignored the summons, not even sending a representative. They were still upset about what happened in the Dongfang Family. At least, that was their guess as to why the four Great Empires ignored the Murim Alliance.

Alliance was so concerned with how dangerous Tang Shaoyang was. That was why he could accept why the Alliance Leader did nothing yesterday. The Murim Alliance could not afford to make an enemy of someone as powerful as the Heaven Founder right now.

Old Zhou had shared the view with the Warden as well, to appease them for what happened. They accepted the reason, but the others who could not listen to the concern were angry that the Alliance Leader let a mere brothel owner humiliate the Murim Alliance.

The guards backed down when he appeared, and he approached Tang Shaoyang. His eyes were on Tang Shaoyang and Yan Xueyi. The first thing he did was to give a quick check on Yan Xueyi and was relieved she was fine. It didn’t look like she went through any torture.

Then his eyes moved to the people behind Tang Shaoyang was shocked to see familiar faces. His eyes bulged in shock, his jaw slowly dropped, wanting to say something, but he was at a loss.

The Ice Palace’s disappearance still remained unresolved, but the involved person was right before him right now, alive. Palace Mistress Bing Ruohan and the four Grand Elders of the Ice Palaces were still alive.

Those five people were wearing veils, but he recognized them with a single glance. Their bearing and the air around them were exactly the same as those who learned the Ice Palace’s technique. There was no way he would mistake them.

”We can talk once we are inside, Old Zhou. We can explain everything to you later,” Bing Ruohan nodded.

”You will explain nothing to them, but you can tell them what happened,” It was Avyn who said that Ruohan, not Tang Shaoyang.

If the Ice Palace had to explain what happened, Bing Ruohan might spill the secret to the Murim Alliance about that pit, which was related to their secret.

Bing Ruohan thought Avyn was simply being overbearing, but she quickly realized what it meant to explain nothing. She could not tell the Murim Alliance that Tang Shaoyang or his people could move out an entire sect. It was better to leave the Murim Alliance with their imagination on what happened to the Ice Palace.

There were a lot of things on his head to attend to, but there was nothing he could do but lead them inside. He led the guests inside absentmindedly, bringing them to the reception hall where the Alliance Leader was.

There was a group gathering outside the reception hall wearing a white robe, all of them. The older-looking ones were gathering in the center, seemingly in a discussion, while the younger ones were staying behind them.

Old Zhou was leading them absentmindedly, ignoring the group. However, Tang Shaoyang could tell with a single glance that this group was waiting for him.

They pretended to talk among themselves, but those people were keeping an eye on them. Tang Shaoyang could tell from afar that even their conversation was just a bunch of nonsense.

Sure enough, the group moved to block Old Zhou before they could take the first step into the reception hall. There were around fifty guards in the front, and they seemed to be in a position as if they were ready to fight.

Old Zhou didn’t pay attention to his surroundings and bumped into the group. His forehead creased, wondering who blocked him. He was the Alliance Leader’s right hand; everyone in this place knew him.

He clicked his tongue the moment he saw the group. They were the people of the Ximen Family, six Elders, and the youngsters from the Ximen Family. They were the troublemakers among the Great Family.

The Ximen Family would be second in the most arrogant ranking among the Great Families, with the Tang Family at the first rank. With a single glance, he could tell they were looking for trouble already. The Ximen Family was the one that showed their ambition to take the Alliance Leader, and the only one who opposed Zhong Tian Yun’s appointment till the end.

It was not a surprise if they were here to cause trouble, especially to the Alliance Leader’s guests. He could imagine what would happen if he let the Ximen Family confront Tang Shaoyang.

”Is he the person we are waiting for, Old Zhou?” Elder Ximen looked Old Zhou in the eyes, questioning Old Zhou as if it was within his authority to question the Alliance Leader’s right hand.

”Yes, Elder Ximen Lin Bo. Can you please step aside? Alliance Leader is waiting for him right now.”

Ximen Lin Bo turned a deaf ear to the request, ”Shouldn’t you introduce him to us before bringing a suspicious person inside, Old Zhou? Shouldn’t you inspect them in case they bring something dangerous inside, Old Zhou?”

”How can you be so careless when there are a lot of important people inside? What if he brings a deadly poison with him? Are you going to take responsibility for that, Old Zhou? No, you can’t even take responsibility for that because your life is nothing compared to the people inside, so you’d better do your job properly. Don’t embarrass the Murim Alliance with your incompetence just because the Alliance Leader brought you in.”