Absolute silence.
Which meant something was definitely being covered up.
A frosty smile touched Gu Xiangzhu's lips. "It seems Guardian Song is plotting something big!"
After so many years as colleagues, she knew this old "friend" of hers all too well.
'Come to think of it, she had been careless in this matter herself.'
'She had assumed the Alchemy of Wine was in the bag, which was why she'd vied for the position of First Dharma Protector, only to pull out at the last second.'
'Given Guardian Song's cunning, he would have undoubtedly sensed something was amiss. Connecting that to the events of the Gongdan Conference, he had probably already figured out what happened.'
'Making a move at this particular time meant he was most likely targeting Zhao Ci.'
'If he could extract the Alchemy of Wine with a Soul Search, any risk would be worth it.'
But...
'This course of action... it's far too brazen!'
