"The rules of the world generally fall into two sets: one is apparent on the surface, and the other lurks underground."
"For hundreds of years, the five great families have adhered to the underground rules they set for each other. No matter how much their faces were torn, they would not involve outside forces to resolve internal conflicts… Yet, in the recent years while the Divine Throne has been dormant, the conflicts have intensified without any hint of cessation."
Gu Shen deliberately paused.
Bai Xiu said, "What you mean to say is that someone has begun to violate the underground rules."
Gu Shen slowly nodded.
The reason for such a thought
was because of his last meeting with the elder of the Gu family.
Gu Shen vaguely felt... that something like a great storm was brewing under Changye.
If it was truly as he anticipated,
