The meeting of the Golden Core Sect leaders in the Nine-star Marketplace was a scene of bleak despair.
The nine sects, having just been devastated, hadn't even managed to handle their own affairs, yet now they had to rush to deal with the cultivators demanding an explanation.
The pressure from four to five thousand cultivators was no small matter. In recent days, there had already been several incidents of their own sect disciples being attacked.
As time went on, there would only be more bloodshed. Although the nine sects were still under the protection of the Great Zhou Academy, the Academy wouldn't intervene in other hostile acts as long as their main gates weren't attacked or their sects weren't on the verge of annihilation.
The one silver lining was that the Old Lion had only killed people and collected their souls; he hadn't touched any of the wealth within the Marketplace. This gave the nine sects some breathing room.
