484. Anticipation

"Still no words from those mercenaries?" 

Standing on top of the rooftop where they hold the meeting, the monks of the Seven Divine Monastery, who donned themselves with black clothes and golden assisted design, became restless as time passed. The second they had finished their mediation, they quickly readied themselves for what to come. Each person displayed a gaze that one would see when someone would brace their death. 

However, the signal that was supposed to be happening a while ago didn't show up. In fact, not even the long distance jade slip they have given to the rogue cultivators couldn't establish a link to the other side. It was as if they had disappeared without a trace. 

"Could it be that the beast had taken down our net before we knew it?" commen