Chapter 626: The Green Pine Affair Concluded (I)
The Eastern Sea.
The fierce battle on Green Pine Island had raged on for a long time. With the grotto heaven finally leaving the mortal realm, the rogue cultivators dispersed like a swarm of bees. The spiritual energy, which had shone as bright as the sun, gradually began to wane, returning to the normal state of an average grotto heaven.
Meanwhile, in the boundless vastness of the Great Void, streams of radiant light rose and wove together. The Green Pine Temple's grotto heaven had completely detached from the mortal world, vanishing into the blackness of the void. It transformed into waves of multicolored light before sinking into the infinite emptiness.
The multicolored lights of divine abilities flowed across the great void, with several figures standing silently in a circle, staring at the two jade boxes suspended at the center. Not a single person spoke.
The atmosphere grew increasingly tense until a northern figure broke the silence with a soft voice, "The jade boxes from Hengzhu Dao Gate and Mount Changhuai were empty from the start. As for the missing two, they belonged to Azure Pond Sect and Purple Smoke Gate."
Nearby, the multicolored light condensed into an azure-gray glow. Yuan Su stood in the great void and sneered coldly, "A bunch of fools squabbling over nothing. Hengzhu Dao likely knew their box was empty all along—otherwise, why would they refrain from sending even a single Purple Mansion Realm cultivator?"
"The remaining two jade boxes belong to Sword Gate and Great Xiukui Temple, neither of which are easy to deal with. You had better settle this carefully!" Yuan Su's reputation was not stellar, and his temperament was notorious. Knowing he was near the end of his lifespan, he had little regard for social etiquette. Though his words provoked a few snorts of derision from the Purple Mansion Realm cultivators, no one openly rebuked him.
Not one of the assembled Purple Mansion Realm cultivators brought up the aftermath of the so-called fate bearers, as if some unspoken agreement had been reached beforehand. Only a sword-wielding cultivator spoke up, "I only wish to retrieve the jade box that rightfully belongs to me."
His statement was immediately met with scornful interruption, "You Sword Gate folks take all the benefits. What are the rest of us supposed to be here for? To watch?"