Published: February 11, 2025
“Did you say you used a spatial exception?!”
The water steward raised her beautiful eyebrows, surprised by what her most reliable ally in the five rings society had just mentioned.
“You’re being a bit too reckless.”
The water steward was very dissatisfied with Tong Steward for using a spatial exception for the royal guild, as this would have a tremendous impact on the reputation of the five rings society if it got out.
This organization relied on its credibility to conduct business; although there were some dark and dirty dealings, they were extremely covert. An open confrontation in a spatial context like this would never be allowed.
“He knows the Gore Clan.”
Tong Steward's words made the water steward's eyes widen instantly.
She also knew about the Gore Clan, and that was from Tong Steward's mouth.
The water steward understood what those three words meant to Tong Steward, to the five rings society, and even to herself. The reason she dared to be so tough in the meeting, not giving the White Steward any face, and ignoring her pressure to marry, was largely because she knew about the Gore Clan and that Tong Steward stood with her, gaining support from the Gore Clan.
But now, the royal guild actually knew this name...
The water steward immediately felt a headache coming on; she found the situation extremely complicated.
She had plans for Cloud Summit. Her intelligence department had given her an urgent, even heavily biased report, hoping to strongly promote cooperation with Cloud Summit Villa, particularly with a man named Ye Zhongming, especially since that person had quietly acquired two lord's chests, making cooperation inevitable.
“Since they know about the Gore Clan, then behind him, there should be forces we don’t know about. I have no choice but to agree to him. Cloud Summit is indeed powerful, but it depends on who we are measuring against. They... ultimately can't compare to those in the sky.”
Tong Steward rubbed his forehead, clearly troubled because things were no longer under his control.
He naturally hated the royal guild for disrupting the entire plan of the five rings society for personal grudges, but he had to yield to certain factors he could not resist... at least not at the moment.
“This is how the world is; if you want to complain, just blame those without background for dying quickly.”
Tong Steward stood up with a smile, but there was a hint of madness in that smile. His face, which was somewhat androgynous, appeared a bit grim: “It has always been this way, hasn’t it?!”
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Ye Zhongming looked at the six red droplet-shaped gems in his hand, his expression complex.
He had finally figured out the function of these things.
These were energy storage gems.
What was stored inside was the energy of red seawater.
If it were only that, Ye Zhongming naturally wouldn't pay much attention, after all, energy storage containers, although not many, could still be found.
What pleased him was that the energy stored in these red gems could be quickly converted, and the conversion was bidirectional.
In other words, the energy stored inside could be rapidly released, and once emptied, it could be quickly filled again.
Though small, the storage capacity was extremely high.
He was happy about this, but also somewhat helpless about it.
This kind of thing should only be effective against red seawater; it could only absorb energy from the red seawater, and once taken away from here, it might lose its function.
Thinking of those puppets being the same, Ye Zhongming couldn't help but sigh; things in the brightwater realm really had their unique characteristics.
After completing what he needed to do and filling the six red gems with energy, under the ghostly gazes of Gao Yi and Zhao Xiangxue, Ye Zhongming chose the second resource point.
That place wasn’t the closest, and was even quite far, but no one asked why.
As they passed a small island, the three encountered evolutionists for the first time. However, those people clearly didn't want to greet Ye Zhongming and the others and merely watched from a distance, neither coming over to speak nor quickly leaving, their sense of vigilance was apparent.