Chapter 279: The Heavenly Pivot
Just as Chen Qing was silently calculating matters at True Martial Peak, in the core region of Tianbao Upper Sect, within the main peak's grand hall, the atmosphere was heavy and grave.
Sect Master Jiang Lishan sat at the head, with Luo Zhixian on his left and right sat Profound Yang lineage master Ke Tianzong, Nine Heavens lineage master Li Yujun, and True Martial lineage master Han Guxing.
These five individuals could be said to represent the core of Tianbao Upper Sect's highest authority.
"Senior Brother Luo, you have worked hard," Jiang Lishan said with a slight nod, his tone measured and steady.
Luo Zhixian merely nodded faintly and said nothing more.
Jiang Lishan took a deep breath and said, "You have personally experienced this journey and your observations are most direct. Regarding the Celestial Star Seventy-Two Islands, regarding the Limitless Demon Sect, whatever insights and thoughts you have gathered, you may lay them all out for us to deliberate upon."
The gazes of Ke Tianzong, Li Yujun, and Han Guxing all turned toward Luo Zhixian.
They had naturally all received word of Luo Zhixian's astonishing feat of single-handedly storming Flying Swallow Island and heavily wounding the five elders of Swallow Fortress with one spear strike, but the details and hidden information behind it still required Luo Zhixian's personal confirmation.
Luo Zhixian's eyelids raised slightly as he spoke, "The depth of Swallow Fortress's collusion with the Demon Sect far exceeds our previous estimates. It is by no means a simple matter of shelter and exchange of interests. Behind it, I fear there may be the shadow of the Heavenly Star Alliance, and perhaps even more..."