"After seeing this, you are not going to send more small fries to me, no? If a fight is what you want, you should come to me yourself instead of sending a bunch of small fry. And I donât remember this visit involving the whole Murim Alliance, Alliance Leader?"
Tang Shaoyang gave a quick scan of the six groups to his right. They had a frown and hostility in their eyes toward him. Then there was one group that looked outright furious, which he guessed was the Ximen Family.
"Put aside why you donât stop those small fries from bothering me from meeting you despite your invitation. Isnât my visit supposed to be for you and Yan Xueyi? Donât you think you owe me an explanation, Alliance Leader Zhong?"
"You do have quite a big mouth, " Zhong Tian Yun said. You should not crawl out from wherever you come from. Outside is scarier than you think."
Tang Shaoyang gave a glance at the old man who spoke to him. This person was not from the Ximen Family, but from another family. He figured out the Family Head was sitting on the chair, and the old man who spoke was standing behind the chair.
Tang Shaoyang didnât even acknowledge the old man, looking back at the Alliance Leader in the eyes. He finally understood why the Alliance Leader invited the major factions when he was supposed to meet Yan Xueyi.
"You are quite shrewd for someone with the strongest title, Alliance Leader Zhong. You are willing to sacrifice your people just to probe. But I will say it again, you should come yourself if you want to test me out instead of sending small fries on my way, Alliance Leader Zhong."
The representatives from the sects kept their composure, but not with the four Great Families, who had a big pride in their name. That sentence implied that the four Great Families were used as bait.
There might be some truth in that statement. The Alliance Leader might think of using them as bait. However, Tang Shaoyangâs last sentence hurt their pride more than the fact that the Alliance Leader tried to use them. They were a major force in the Sacred Realm, yet nobody called them small fries.
The four Family Headsâ expressions remained emotionless, but not with the people behind them. They were furious and got even more hostile towards Tang Shaoyang. Their killing intentions were leaking out, making the atmosphere ominous and intense as a battle would break out anytime.
Those people were just waiting for an order from their Family Heads. They would attack Tang Shaoyang the moment they got the order.
"HIHHHH!!!"
A high-pitched squeak resounded from the entrance. Yan Xueyi squeaked in surprise at the sight of the headless body and the gory scene. Witnessing Ximen Lin Boâs limbs was frightening enough; now she had to see something more dreadful.
However, his squeak helped to diffuse the atmosphere slightly. The atmosphere was still intense, but it seemed most of them regained their composure after not receiving an order from their Family Head.
"I told you you are not ready for this," Tang Shaoyang shook head, "But since you have seen it, you might as well see it to the end, no?"
Yan Xueyiâs body was shaking because this was truly the first time she witnessed someone being killed cruelly like this. This made her afraid of Tang Shaoyang, but this also convinced her that she made the right choice. Someone like Tang Shaoyang would be able to help her avenge her master.
"Yes!"
Her body was still shaking, but she nodded in agreement, facing the cruel sight.
Tang Shaoyang gave a glance at the six groups to his right, then he clicked his tongue. He expected them to attack him, but they were doing well to hold back.
"So, what do you want now, Alliance Leader Zhong? I donât have any interest in talking with you or your subordinates. I am here to accompany my disciple to bid her farewell."
"YAN XUEYI!" All of a sudden, a shout came from the right side of the platform where the Alliance Leader was. Han Lingxiao came out from the back room and called her Junior Sister out.
Alliance Leader Zhong furrowed his brow deeper when he heard Han Lingxiaoâs voice. That was when he saw a smile forming on Jaegal Family Headâs lips.
He put Han Lingxiao under house arrest, knowing how hot-blooded the young man was. He was afraid that Hang Lingxiao would suffer like Yunhe. That was why he didnât want Han Lingxiao here, but it seemed the Jaegal Family was trying to use Han Lingxiao to create chaos.
"COME HERE RIGHT NOW, YAN XUEYI!!!"
Yan Xueyi flinched when she heard the voice. This was the first time that her Senior Brother was getting so angry at her. However, she was determined to stay with the Thousand Vows Pavilion.
Even if she regretted her decision to join the Thousand Vows Pavilion, she could not. There was a Divine Oath that bound her with the Thousand Vows Pavilion.
Did she regret her decision to join the Thousand Vows Pavilion? She didnât. Joining the Thousand Vows Pavilion was not betraying her Master because she was not asked to share her Masterâs technique. What the Thousand Vows Pavilion was was her, not the technique.
She was not aware at first, but obtaining her as a disciple was the same as getting her Masterâs technique. The difference was that she had control over it. That was not considered as betraying her Master because her Master once persuaded her to join the Ice Palace.
Yan Xueyi looked at her Senior Brother, shaking her head, "I donât want to, Senior Brother. I have found a new home for myself. I have joined and become the Thousand Vows Pavilionâs disciple."
"YOU FOOL! THEY WANT YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SPEAR GODâS DISCIPLE! WHAT THEY WANT IS MASTERâS TECHNIQUE IN YOUR HEAD, NOT A TALENTLESS YOUNG GIRL LIKE YOU! ARE YOU GOING TO BETRAY MASTER WHO HAS RAISED YOU LIKE HIS OWN DAUGHTER!?"
Han Lingxiao screamed at the top of his lungs, veins popping out on his forehead as he was extremely furious. If his Masterâs technique fell into this unknown group, his status as the Spear Godâs successor would be threatened. He didnât realize that his junior sister mentioned the Thousand Vows Pavilion.
While Han Lingxiao turned a deaf ear to the Thousand Vows Pavilion, the others noticed it. They were shocked to hear that name.
The Murim Alliance had found the trace of the Thousand Vows Pavilion, taking their treasures and the recorded technique that was left behind. However, there was one thing that was still missing: the famed Grandmaster Codex. It was known that whoever got the codex would become the Thousand Vows Pavilionâs successor.
The successor title for a falling faction was not so tempting, but the codex itself was known to contain all kinds of techniques that had been developed by the Thousand Vows Pavilion for hundreds of years or maybe thousands of years since the Thousand Vows Pavilion existed before the Murim Alliance.
Yan Xueyi just dropped a bomb on the Murim Alliance.