This ti, the hail of seeds and shower of orange fla did not let up for an eternity, comparatively at least. Of course, he couldnt keep up this attack forever and finally the Winter Lotuses ran out of energy. The last of the seed pods were expelled and the last of large flowers shriveled up and fell off. The vines that had sprouted them still remained, but the flas that were shielding the Peak Master lifted into the air and expanded outwards. Colliding with the vines, the flas seed far more effective this ti. Instead of just cutting into the vines like they were blades, the brilliant sapphire flas clung to the vines, losing their previous shape. They had appeared to be like solid blades of energy, but at this ti they showed that they were in fact real flas. Flas that could burn through even these wrist thick vines with ease.
The river of fla stopped pouring out of Sages mouth and he reached up to rub his jaw, feeling the sore area of muscle from holding his mouth open for so long. In front of him the other set of flaming lotus petals spun in place without advancing towards him again. The Peak Master finished burning away the cage he was trapped in, leaving the two of them facing off. Sages golden eyes were fixed upon Xuegangs brown eyes. Sage saw that despite the mans vainglorious nature, he was not as sinister as hed feared.
Its good I dont have to kill this fellow. That would be very difficult to explain away.
The two of them had paused, neither making another offensive move at the mont. Sage gave the man a smile, just in ti for the Peak Master to realize they were not alone in this room. The Peak Master felt a pressure against his Spiritual Sense from behind him in two places. He imdiately reached out actively and realized these two new arrivals were also Nascent Souls!
Sage didnt give the Peak Master any ti to confuse the situation and quickly explained to him, You never stood a chance from the beginning. Do you understand now? If you continue to go against or mine in the future, you know what will happen, right?
To further drive ho his point, two others had walked up beside Sage as well. At this point, the Peak Master realized he was outnumbered five to one. It was also to show Xuegang that the Holy Fla Sect would choose to ally with Sages side over his own. He had enough strength on his side to equal that of all the Peak Masters. If it one day ca down to the decision of handing Xuegang over or starting an all out war, which way would the Sect Master decide? Peak Master Xuegang was rapidly trying to figure out the solution to this vague equation when another pair of Nascent Souls walked into the room. Not just five, but seven.
If they had equal numbers as their enemy, they would fear sacrificing one as a ploy to weaken their strength, but if the power disparity beca overwhelming, would the Holy Fla Sect hesitate?
Shall I call a few more? You have no idea who youre getting involved with, so quit while youre ahead. Dont interfere with again and there will be no more grudges or grievances between us. We can pretend as if weve never t.
Without waiting for a response, Sage turned around to walk away and the six mbers of the Purple Mist Sect around him watched the Peak Master carefully as they all slowly filed out of the room. Sage turned his back on his foe as a bit of psychological pressure. Just to show that he didnt fear the Peak Master in the least, especially since there were six other dark armored Nascent Souls to cover his back. The Peak Master didnt give any reply even after Sage and his n had exited the room. He extended his Spiritual Sense to follow them as they left and then activated the most powerful arrays to protect his palace and the whole of the mountain as soon as Sage had left each of the areas.
Sage had already sent the Purple Mist Sect mbers back to the Inner World before he was flying away from the mountain on The Red Cot. Beating up the Peak Master like that wasnt really part of his agenda on returning to the Holy Fla Sect, but he was just making sure that the Peak Master wouldnt try to plot behind his back in the future. As long as he was strong and mysterious enough, the Peak Master wouldnt want to risk so much for an unknown amount of benefits. Sage wasnt known to possess anything extrely valuable so why would the Peak Master go out of his way in an attempt to bribe so many Nascent Souls over his side. The key to defeating any bully or opportunist was to beco not worth it. If their gain was less than their expenditure, why would they bother?
If you fought back against a school yard bully hard enough to injure them in return, it would ruin their fearful reputation. It was much easier for them to target the weak instead, ones that could be scared into doing their bidding. Sage didnt cause any lasting harm to the Peak Master, nor did he ruin the mans public reputation. He hoped the Peak Master could agree to this little private agreent. While he was pretty sure that the Holy Fla Sect would end up siding with him once they realized the strength on his side, it would also weaken their relationship and that would be quite unfortunate.
The old dormitory hed once shared with his three classmates in the Sect had long been passed on to others and his three friends were Elders on three different peaks. As such, eting up with them again with such short notice was no simple task. As such, Sage didnt bother with any formalities and went directly to the Million Skill Library, the place where the Holy Fla Sect kept its vast library of knowledge and techniques. He still had his identity token as a mber of the sect as well as his Profession Badges which acted as his keys to enter the library. Knowledge was restricted by ones achievent in their professions, so he was far from accessing their whole collection at the mont.
He planned on formally advancing his Professions, allowing him to access the whole of the Million Skill Library and collecting the whole of their knowledge for himself and his Clan. Sage had already justified this appropriation to himself, considering it to be akin to a descendant or apprentice.
If I know everything they know, it will make it twice as hard for this important heritage to ever be lost, right? They should be thanking for doing such a service. The Holy Fla Sect is not just my ntor, but the ntor to my whole Clan. We will take their knowledge, improve it and carry it on into the future.
If those in the Holy Fla Sect were to hear him speak about stealing their heritage in such a blatant manner, the vast majority of them would spit up blood. Even so, Sage wouldnt care at all, especially not at this ti as he was quickly copying down every text in the library to the libraries of the Inner World.
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