Exceptional Talent

"Who is Prince Jingyang? Is this the hospitality that Her Majesty Mu Yuyan invited our Abyssal Clan to the capital for?"

A noble of the Abyssal Clan, with a grim expression, shouted loudly amidst the crowd of onlookers.

"Is this the way of hospitality in the Jing Nation? We allied with the Jing Nation to enhance its power, but does that entitle a prince to trample upon our entire Abyssal Clan?"

"One can be killed but not humiliated!"

"We demand justice. Though the Abyssal Clan has allied with the Jing Nation, we are not its slaves but its friends!"

With the elders absent, several young nobles of the Abyssal Clan attempted to sway public opinion.

To them, the importance of the departed Prince Jingyang paled in comparison to the entirety of the Abyssal Clan.

They wore subtle, relieved smiles; after all, what significance did a mere prince, unknown to them, hold compared to the respect they commanded under Mu Yuyan and the Consecrator of the Tianji Pavilion?