Beastmaster of the Ages

dir= ”ltr ”>”What do you think?” Tianming asked.

“Friend, I'm a disciple of the Azuresoul Palace.
This place is my origin! My master is the one I respect the most in the world, and also my benefactor.
I can't let anything happen to him! I'll never go to the Empyrean Sword Sect, no matter what.
Not to mention, they must be underestimating our chief instructor and thinking that he won't do much when the time comes.
Taking that into account, we definitely can't let them do as they please.
For now, it's best that we go to our master and Aunt Ying.
They’re experienced elders and should know what we can do about this.”

“Alright.
Let's go look for them.” Tianming had asked Yu Ziqian's opinion to see what he thought about the Empyrean Sword Sect.
After all, he wasn't too familiar with the historical ties between the sects.
“You're right, we shouldn't give up on the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect.
Let's regroup with the seniors for now.”

Though the Empyrean Sword Sect had pessimistically spoken about the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect's situation, Tianming could make his own decisions.
No matter how the latter sect was faring, he would never follow Shi Yan.
Not to mention, he was a Sky Palace disciple that had both the wondersky realm and Azuresoul Palace, so his reliance on a powerful sect backing him wasn't too high.

……

The four of them immediately sought out Long Wanying.
Yu Ziqian also used a transmission stone to get Jiang Qingliu to come to them.
Long Wanying had just finished bathing and was dressed in a white silk robe.
Her long, wet hair was swept to the side, letting out a post-bath fragrance.
Her maturity added a few degrees of sensuality to her overall attractiveness.

“Wait a moment.” In almost no time at all, she completely dressed and groomed herself, looking as good as she ever did.

Jiang Qingliu arrived quickly.
Tianming immediately told them everything he knew, but started with introducing them to his fifth lifebound beast.
They were quite shocked to find that he was a quintuple beastmaster, and looked at him as they would a divine miracle.
If they knew that he had ten totems as well, they would no doubt faint.
After showing off what Yin Chen could do, he went on to tell them about the conspiracy that was being plotted behind the scenes.

“The Northdipper Swordsage and One-strike Slaughterer….” Jiang Qingliu sat down on a chair and blanked out.

“Are you afraid?” Long Wanying asked.

He shook his head

“My master is just sad.
He’s given his entire life to the sect, yet our chief instructor didn't so much as refuse when asked to cooperate with planning his murder.
It’s far too cruel,” Yu Ziqian said with an indignant look.
“I didn't think Gujian Qingshuang would be someone like that.
Ye Dongliu's even worse, but then again, he’s never liked my master.
Even the respected Granny Mu Hua didn't utter a single word of refusal.”

“Jiang Qingliu, listen to me.
Wallowing in sorrow is pointless.
Let’s think about how to fix this!” Long Wanying said, completely serious.
Ever since the death of her husband, she had relied on herself for everything, and that had helped forge her current hardy and efficient personality.
The rest eagerly waited to hear what she had to say.
“First, we can't believe them when they say the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect has fallen.
That news is colored by the bias of their sect master.
We have our own foundations, culture, and will.
Even though we're suffering some tough times, completely eradicating us is an impossibility.
We’ve survived countless setbacks since ancient times, and always got back up and rebuilt.
If we were facing a threat that could end us, there's no doubt that we would all fight to our deaths to resist it.”

She wanted to stress that point far more than any others before she continued breaking down their plan.
She couldn't tolerate anyone else so much as entertaining that thought.

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