Expecting further benefits, the eight mountain owners vanished without a trace in a blink of an eye. Only chairs remained lying on the ground in a mess.
The three chief seniors looked at each other and let out waves of knowing laughter.
Ever since the Suomo rose to thrive, some of the maintain owners had been misbehaving regardless of the authority of the patriarch and the three chief seniors. However, Lin Xiao's pellets ushered in a turning point where they abruptly became submissive through and through again. On thinking of that, the three chief seniors felt rather pleased.
At that moment, their enduring misgivings were dispelled once and for all.
"Let's go to the great square. With the pellets the solidity of our disciples is guaranteed. And we will no longer be at the mercy of the Suomo Sect," the primary chief senior said with laughter, waving his hands in ecstasy.
The other two chief seniors beamed radiantly as well.
While the chief seniors were transporting the pellets to the great square, some mountain owners have already arrived at their bases.
Without further ado, some of the mountain owners briefed their disciples about the pellets and rushed back to the great square with the disciples.
However, some behaved otherwise like Yi Tianzhong.
Upon his arrival at the Mount Qingming, Yi Tianzhong gathered his henchmen first and warned them against taking the pellets without his permission. And he even intimidated them that a death penalty was in order if they went against his will.
Looking at the disciples kneeling on the ground, Yi Tianzhong thought to himself with a sneer, "The primary chief senior ordered to gather all the disciples together in a bid to deter anyone from hoarding pellets. However, I've come up with a method to get around that."
"My disciples take me as their primary master. Hence the Taixuan Sect, compared to me, plays the second fiddle when dictating to them. I'm gonna glom on to all the pellets anyway," he thought.
Apart from Yi Tianzhong, some of the other seven mountain owners harboured the same scheme.
However, it didn't suffice to prove that they were in collusion with the Suomo Sect. After taking the Most Refined Royal Pellets, the astonishing effects kind of bred their evil intentions.
After his henchmen expressed their unconditional submission to Yi Tianzhong's mandates, he finally allowed them to stand up and tell other disciples to rush to the great square.
After the disciples left, Yi Jia popped up and asked, "Father, what is going on?"
Then he got blown away as Yi Tianzhong briefed him about the story.
After a long while, Yi Jia finally came back to himself and asked, "Father, what do you say I go and tell the Suomo Sect?"
"That goes without saying. And I suspect the existence of their undercovers here. We have to beat the undercovers to it. So get a move on!" Yi Tianzhong urged.
"Okay, on it!" Yi Jia said.
"Hurry up. We'll have to keep up with the other mountain owners and turn up at the great square at the same time," Yi Tianzhong added.
"Understood. I'll be right back," Yi Jia responded.