124 No Answers about the Future (1/2)

Mei Chao Bing smiled to himself. It seemed his little bunny was feeling self-conscious for once. Well, this also wasn't bad. Maybe it would give him a bit more awareness about the matter with Yang Wu Huang as well. With that thought, he pulled Yun Bei Fen into his arms, rested his forehead against his neck and closed his eyes.

On the other hand, Yun Bei Fen couldn't sleep at all. He continued to think about what had just happened, tossing and turning around. More than ever he felt that it was good if at least one of his senior martial brothers was around. He really would have liked to talk about things. In the end, he still managed to fall asleep but only in the early morning hours.

As for his senior martial brothers … Against the odds, Zhi Guan had already received the message his Master had sent. Since this was about his little junior's matters, he had hurried up with his own mission and was currently gathering the materials for the sword that had been written down.

Unfortunately, this type of thing still needed quite a bit of time. Especially since Mei Chao Bing had made it a point to choose only the best ingredients that could be used to forge a weapon. After all, a better weapon might also give an advantage in a fight.

If both participants were at the same stage, then this could be why one of them would win. Meanwhile, if a good sword was used by somebody weaker in a fight, then it might help with bridging at least a little of the gap between them and their opponent, even if it couldn't ensure a victory.

Since it could have such benefits, naturally, he wouldn't just ignore this opportunity. Instead, he would make use of it to provide Yun Bei Fen with another layer of protection. Now, the one who needed to do this was Zhi Guan though. Since his level was slightly lower than Mei Chao Bing's, it would naturally also take him a bit more time to acquire the ingredients. Thus he wasn't even halfway through gathering them. Until he was able to go and listen to Yun Bei Fen's other worries, it would likely still take several weeks as much as both he and Yun Bei Fen regretted that.

Despite being sent later, the message that Elder Baili and Elder Xing had sent to the Teng Yong Sect had also managed to arrive by now. Sect Master Zhang read it over and then furrowed his brows. Two of the four righteous sects had been hinted at. That couldn't mean anything good. He pondered for a while and then stood up, leaving his palace to go to a place in the deeper parts of the sect where the disciples and even most of the Elders weren't allowed to enter.

He had hardly stepped foot onto the ground of that hidden place, when a voice traveled over, sounding as if it came from all sides at once. ”You came to talk about the matters happening in the border region.”

Zhang Guan Yu raised the letter and went closer, finally stopping at the edge of a stone platform that was raised about two feet into the air and covered in signs. ”Have you seen anything?”

In the middle of the platform, a man was seated. He wore a dark robe that didn't seem to fit the identity of a righteous cultivator and even less that of a person of the Teng Yong Sect with its white sect robes. His eyes were closed as if he didn't care that the Teng Yong Sect's Sect Master had come to see him and for the moment, he kept quiet for a moment.

Zhang Guan Yu didn't say anything and just waited for the man to react.

”Many years ago, you came to me because you had divined yourself that a disaster might be imminent. Do you remember that?”