"Patriarch, do you have something else in mind?" that elder asked.
"It's not that I have something else in mind — I simply don't want to provoke that man," the Tantai Heavenly Clan's Patriarch said.
"Patriarch, are you referring to Chu Xuanyuan?" the elder asked.
"Who else could it be? Right now, the forbidden ground where Chu Xuanyuan is imprisoned has been sealed off by a barrier. The power of that formation is extraordinary — no one can break it."
"Whether Chu Xuanyuan is still inside the forbidden ground, there is no way to tell."
"But as things stand, that barrier was very likely laid by Chu Xuanyuan himself. That man has probably already returned to the Ancestral Martial Starfield."
"To be able to construct such a powerful formation — that means his current strength is unmatched by anyone in the entire Ancestral Martial Starfield," the Tantai Heavenly Clan's Patriarch said.
"No wonder… no wonder Chu Xuanyuan's son suddenly appeared. So his father is backing him. It seems Chu Xuanyuan has been playing a grand game, and the Starfield Master Realm has fallen into his calculations."
"If that's the case, then even without the Linghu Heavenly Clan making a move, the Starfield Master Realm's position may already be untenable?"
Upon learning this news, the great figures of the Tantai Heavenly Clan began to grow restless and uneasy.
Chu Xuanyuan was a man who could influence the entire balance of power in the Ancestral Martial Starfield. They dared not ignore him.
Even in his youth, Chu Xuanyuan had been a thorn in the side of every major power.
Let alone now, when his wings were fully grown?
"If Chu Xuanyuan intended to take revenge on the Starfield Master Realm, he would have done so long ago. He wouldn't have waited until now," the Tantai Heavenly Clan's Patriarch said.
"Patriarch, could it be that Chu Xuanyuan intends to let bygones be bygones?"
"But he has always been one to settle every score. That doesn't sound like the sort of thing he would do?" The elders of the Tantai Heavenly Clan exchanged glances, their expressions uncertain as they pondered.
The Tantai Heavenly Clan's Patriarch, however, shook his head, a bitter smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "No one can guess what that man is thinking."
At that moment, the entire grand hall fell silent.
They all had to admit that what Tantai Xiangnan had said was right — Chu Xuanyuan truly was a man whose thoughts could not be divined.
But at the same time, they understood clearly that regardless of whether Chu Xuanyuan had actually returned to the Ancestral Martial Starfield, regardless of whether that barrier had been laid by Chu Xuanyuan, as long as the latent threat of Chu Xuanyuan existed, they could not afford to provoke Chu Feng.
Because they all knew full well what that man was capable of.
"Boom!!!"
At that very moment, the tightly shut hall doors were suddenly forced open from the outside.
Immediately after, an elder burst in, his face filled with tension.
Some among those present had been about to shout in fury — after all, they had been discussing secret matters, and anyone who dared barge in at a time like this was committing a grave offense.
But once they recognized the intruder, they suppressed their anger.
The intruder was none other than one of the Grand Elders of the Tantai Heavenly Clan — Tantai Zuihui.
Tantai Zuihui was not only a peak Venerable but also one of the experts tasked with guarding the Tantai Heavenly Clan. Unless something urgent had occurred, he would never have come personally.
Even less would he have forcibly broken through the sealed hall doors.
Moreover, his face was currently contorted with panic — a clear omen that something major had happened within the clan.
"Grand Elder Zuihui, what has happened?" the Tantai Heavenly Clan's Patriarch asked.
"Patriarch… the Black-Haired Ghost — I fear it has truly reappeared," Tantai Zuihui said.
"What?!"
"That's—"