Chapter 2188: Arrow in the bow. Translator: Misty Cloud TranslationsEditor: Misty Cloud Translations Sima You Yue looked at the guards and felt rather helpless. “Twant to meet with the Presidents.” Since Supreme Fifth Spirit Senior did not tell her that Cerulean City had changed, it proved that this place still belonged to the Alliance. Based on what happened earlier, this place should have become the Alliance’s headquarters. The presidents would leave someone here. “The presidents are all busy. How can you see them just because you want to?” A guard said, “You should just leave obediently!” Sima You Yue could not be bothered to waste words with him. She wanted to hurry up and meet the presidents. She wanted to know what happened here and what happened outside the main continent. Seeing that they were going to attack, she took out her token showing her title as Alliance’s Vice President. They immediately stopped. Nobody suspected the authenticity of the token because nobody would be stupid enough to impersonate as the Alliance’s Vice President at the Alliance’s headquarters. “You’re the Alliance’s Vice President? Which Vice President?” “Sima You Yue.” “You’re Alliance Vice President You Yue? How is that possible? She has already disappeared for two years!” “You’re never met me, so find someone who has met me before!” Sima You Yue was getting angry. Her expression turned solemn and her aura changed subtly. They were unable to hold on when they saw her acting like this. The President at the city wall saw Sima You Yue speak thusly and hesitated. He gave the man beside him an order, and that man immediately got off the wall. A short moment later, that person brought another guard up. When that guard saw Sima You Yue standing below, he cried out excitedly, “Alliance Vice President! That’s our Alliance Vice President! What are you guys doing? Hurry and invite our Alliance Vice President in!” ‘When they heard what he said, everyone was excited. They had always only heard about her and never seen here. Now that they were sure that she was the rumoured legendary Alliance Vice President, how could they not be excited? Thinking about how they acted earlier, they now felt a little embarrassed. That Captain immediately ran down and apologised to Sima You Yue. “No problem. You guys were only thinking for the safety of Cerulean City. It’s been tough on you.” Sima You Yue did not take offence, “Open the gates. I want to enter.” There was no need for them to pass on the instruction for someone to open the city gates. Sima You Yue was not stopped again and managed to enter quickly. All the way till her silhouette disappeared, the people here continued to look in the direction in which she left. She could guess where the Alliance’s headquarters was without needing to ask. She just based it off the direction where people came from where the City Lord Manor used to be. This place had already turned into where the Alliance was stationed. Those who were guarding this area were seasoned guards of the Alliance. When they saw Sima You Yue, they naturally recognised her immediately. “Alliance Vice President, you’ve returned!” Someone cried out. Very quickly, this news was spread to the entire Cerulean City. Sima You Yue nodded at them and asked, “Where are the Presidents?” “There are a few Presidents who are not here. Right now, only President He is around.” The Captain of the guards stepped forward and replied, “Your subordinate will bring you in.” “Alright.” Sima You Yue entered the City Lord Manor. She saw the decorations and they did not lack when compared to those palaces. She was rueful as the thought of how those few peacocks often took advantage of the common people. However, this place really was quite suitable to be used as the headquarters of the Alliance. They could use it to pretend. “You Yue, you’re back!” She had just entered the courtyard and not even entered the discussion hall when she saw He Cheng Dong come outside to welcome her. “President He.” Sima You Yue bowed to He Chen Dong. He Chen Dong went forward to support himself before saying happily, “It’s been so long and you’ve finally returned!” Although they had asked Supreme Fifth Spirit Senior about her situation before and knew that she was not in any danger, they could only relax once they had seen her. “Tm sorry, I caused you guys to worry.” Sima You Yue apologised. “As long as you’re safe, as long as you’re safe.” He Chen Dong brought her into the discussion hall. This hall was rather large and was the place where the previous City Lord Kong welcomed his guests. They had turned this place into a place where a few presidents could do their work. “President, did something happen here? Where are the other Presidents?” Sima You Yue asked. A few Presidents were missing and there was a protective barrier set up outside Cerulean City. They also closed the city in the day and there were waves of people patrolling the insides, giving one a feeling of oppression and urgency. “Something has indeed happened.” He Chen Dong said, “Come, let’s sit down and talk about it slowly.” Sima You Yue sat down and He Chen Dong waved his hands, getting those people in the house to leave. He acted so solemnly that her heart sank even further. Could it be that something major had happened to the alliance? Did it have anything to do with the black robed men? “In the two years that you were away, many major things had happened in broad daylight.” He Chen Dong told her about the conspicuous way that the black-robed men had emerged after being in hiding for such a long time. He also told her about the Qi Spirit’s unexpected existence. “Many powers have not been able to withstand the pressure and have fallen under the rule of the black robed men.” This time, it was different from the other times. These black robed men became very high profiled. They were stronger than those powers and they had to obey or die. Most of them treasured their life more, so there were many powers who ended up as the black robed men’s forces. “If not because we had forewarning and were on the outside, I’m only afraid that we would have fallen under the black robed men’s attacks.” He Chen Dong sighed, “However, even with that, they have not yet given up trying to invade our Alliance.” “Did those on the main continent not attack?” Sima You Yue asked. “They did. Right now, everyone is banding together to fight back. Old Fang and Old Fan are representing our Alliance and participating in the meeting.” “What about the other Presidents?” “They’re still here, but the news that we spread is that they have left.” He Chen Dong said. “Is there a spy in the Alliance?” Sima You Yue asked. He Chen Dong looked at her with approval. She managed to guess it with just a single sentence. “We cannot yet confirm who the spy is, but we are sure that there is one.” He Chen Dong said, “But no matter who it is, they will take our Alliance’s chief commanding token.” With that token, they would be able to give orders to the men of the Alliance as well as add to the strength of the black robed men. Speaking of the commanding token, it was even more powerful than the privileges that some presidents had. They intentionally released rumours that he was the only person here. He wanted that person to use that time to steal their chief commanding token. “Then will my return affect your plans?” Sima You Yue asked. “It probably won’t. They don’t have any more time. In a few more days, we will be joining the alliance in the fight back.” He Cheng Dong said, “Right now, the arrow is in the bow and they have to shoot.” “That’s good then.” Sima You Yue was relieved, “I thought that something bad had happened when I saw what was happening at the city gates.” He Chen Dong saw the anxiety on her face just now and was very happy that she would be worried about this. “When you went to the ancient mines this time, why did you take so long?” “Ichanced upon something…” They chatted in the hall as if they did not notice that their courtyard was slowly being surrounded. ‘The man leading the charge looked at the two who were speaking. He Chen Dong was right.. The arrow was already in the bow and they had no choice but to shoot!