Izanami raised her head slightly to look behind Qin Ye, and as her gaze swept over Qin Changxin, it settled onto him for several seconds before moving away, then finally lingered on Zhao Yun.

Shortly thereafter, she withdrew her gaze as she smiled and bowed. "Welcome, Yanluo Qin. You are the first of the four pillars' leaders to have arrived. Please come in."

A derisive smile appeared on Qin Ye's face.

From this point onward, this was going to be a movie set featuring a pair of exceptional actors. There was no set script, everything would have to be done spontaneously and on an impromptu basis, thereby requiring him to think on his feet. Furthermore, Izanami had already displayed her intentions.

The Nipponese Underworld had been trying to test the Cathayan Underworld time and time again, and none of the underworld emissaries they had sent into the territory of the Cathayan Underworld had managed to return. There was no way that the Nipponese Underworld would've dared to do this without anyone standing behind them.

It wasn't important who exactly was supporting them, what was important was that the underworld in question would definitely also be in attendance during this conference. In fact, perhaps their representatives had already arrived. There was no way that she didn't know about this assassination attempt in advance. How could she not be aware of a Yama-King freely roaming through her territory?

However, she hadn't even mentioned it.

It was clear that she wanted to gauge the Cathayan Underworld's reaction through...