Chapter 1790 — Worries
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
After all, the Grand Elder had already been advanced in years when he left, and he had departed together with that person. Now they had all vanished without word, and whether they still lived was uncertain. Yet the lingering prestige of those days remained, so none of them dared to be the first to stick their neck out; they could only probe in this fashion...
The Right family patriarch and the patriarchs of the other hidden families sat around the conference table, and all agreed that the Right family patriarch should press the communicator's button, for apart from the hidden Yu family, the hidden Right family had enjoyed the highest prestige these past years.
The Right family patriarch did not decline. He pressed the button on the communicator directly, and the indicator light on the device blinked a few times before settling into a state of awaiting a response...
At the very moment the Right family patriarch pressed the communicator, in a small room countless li away, an indicator light on a piece of communication equipment also began to flash, emitting a shrill warning sound...
But at that moment the room stood empty. If one looked closely, the room was very tidy, as though someone had lived there recently; it was simply that no one was there now.
The waiting indicator on the communicator on the Right family patriarch's table flashed for a full three minutes before finally going dark, and yet no response whatsoever came through the device.
"Phew..." Almost at the instant the waiting indicator went dark, all the hidden family patriarchs around the conference table let out a breath at the same time, expressions of incomparable relief spreading across their faces...
"It seems no one answered?" The Right family patriarch was delighted as well, but being a cautious man, he pressed the call button on the communicator once more to be certain... The indicator lit up again and began to flash...
Everyone's breathing tensed once more, and all eyes were fixed on the communicator before them. But once again the waiting indicator went dark after three minutes. It was certain: the other side truly had not answered.
"Still no response?" the Pi family patriarch asked, somewhat hesitant and somewhat elated.
"I fear not..." The Right family patriarch nodded. "But to be on the safe side, let us try calling again tomorrow and the day after. If there is still no answer, then we can be all but certain that the Grand Elder departed with that person back then... They are gone, along with those heaven-tier experts. We are bound no longer..."
"Indeed. But will the ancient sects move to suppress us?" What the Pi family patriarch asked was precisely what concerned them all most!
Everyone knew that behind the hidden Right family there must be the shadow of support from the Xuandan Sect; otherwise, in the span of a mere ten years, the Right family patriarch could not only have advanced to become a heaven-tier expert but also achieved great things in his family's alchemy, quietly threatening to catch up with the hidden Yu family!
Thus only the hidden Right family could know the mind of the ancient sects. If the ancient sects were bent on suppressing the hidden families, then even with the Grand Elder gone, these hidden families would not dare make any move against the vast ancient sects...