Chapter 1123: Uncertain Intentions; Compromised

War! 

The room descended into a tense, stifled silence. The various elites and influential figures exchanged gazes, assessing the reactions of their peers. Dismay, intrigue, disdain, concern, ridicule, and delight could be seen in some of those gazes. They had more or less determined that these movements perfectly fit the tactics of preparing a siege under the guise of business expansion, under the guise of providing the Neo-Dawn Eclipse Pill and Sharded God Domain Pill to the masses, under the guise of overt competition against the Everlore Association, and yet revealing very little of the truth.

Tian Lingyu snorted coldly; she was one of the few that had disdain in her eyes. "Pavilion Master Ma is a little too scheming. This is why I dislike these old, sly codgers." She openly revealed her frustrations with Ma Zheng's actions. "Does he think the Imperial Clan would simply allow him to get a strategic advantage over us?"