Venturing outside the Barren State

Everyone left after the banquet, but they still felt a tremor deep within their minds.

While Ye Futian had taken over as the Palace Lord, he was still young and many students of the Holy Zhi Palace thought him to be ill-suited for the role. But from the looks of things at the moment, it seemed that Ye Futian was already prepared for his role. He seemed to even have plans to build Barren State of the future.

There were only the lords and Ye Futian left in the Holy Sage Pavilion.

"Ever since I've taken over as Palace Lord, all who assisted have been my elders and my friends, so it's not surprising that Ximen Hanjiang had such thoughts. But now, I'm afraid there are quite a number of others who share his opinion." Ye Futian smiled bitterly as he shook his head. "Speaking of which, it seems that there are indeed forces who try to make the Holy Zhi Palace their own out there."