Chapter 823: Negotiations Fail, Identity Revealed

When the Tiancang Pavilion Master posed this question, Qin Xiao was slightly taken aback before he burst out laughing.

“Haha! Now you mention it, that really could happen.”

Qin Xiao found the question genuinely amusing.

Why not? Once Tiancang Pavilion became the Tiancang Department of Seven Stars Tower, and the tower became the leading force in the southern part of the Southern Region, the pavilion would share that position.

However, the Tiancang Pavilion Master was left utterly bewildered by the laughter.

What was this fellow playing at? Was he mocking him, or did he actually possess the capability to achieve such a feat?

“Young Master Chu cannot be joking, can he? Could it be that you are a disciple of South Emperor Mountain?”

Confronted with such an audacious claim, the Pavilion Master immediately suspected ties to South Emperor Mountain.

In his mind, only someone backed by South Emperor Mountain would dare utter such words. Disciples from other major powers would never be so brazen, as the implications were simply too vast.

He dismissed the possibility that Chu Sheng came from another domain to meddle in the Southern Region. A visitor merely sightseeing was one thing. A foreign faction stirring up trouble was another; South Emperor Mountain would never ignore it.

That could be seen as interference in another domain’s affairs. South Emperor Mountain would seize it as an excuse to challenge the other domain.

He had previously considered whether Chu Sheng originated from another department within the Southern Region, but quickly discarded the notion. Qiankun Academy had remained silent; if local factions were causing unrest, the Academy would have intervened.

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