Chapter 767: Face To Give
The billowing wind was enough to alarm the elders and the other envoys. They were experienced enough to know when wind was normal and when it was not. Additionally, the presence of the person in the distance confirmed it for them.
The elders were a bit alert at first and reasonably so. The spirit Qi fluctuations coming from the person in the distance weren’t exactly calm. Instead, they were turbulent and strong, as if a storm was approaching.
Finally, the person became clear enough for everyone to see and their eyes narrowed.
“Who is that?” someone questioned.
The person in question was tall and had long hair that hung all the way back to his waist. There was a silver coronet at the back of his head, holding his hair, while plain white robes covered his body.
His face was calm yet handsome, but exuded a sense of powerful fierceness. His aura was like that of a storm and gave one the feeling of being overwhelmed if they went against it.
The elders here weren’t weak for the most part, with some being at the Dao Shell realm and the Patriarch of the Frozen Cloud sect being at the Dao Treading realm, too. But all of them could feel a sense of danger from the man.
Wang Xiong too narrowed his eyes but for a different reason.
‘That aura… why does it remind me of senior?’ Wang Xiong thought to himself.
Tian Xiaoge and Pei Jun too sensed the aura and found it to be a bit familiar. They weren’t as used to seeing Lin Wu displaying his own and thus couldn’t make the same match accurately like Wang Xiong.
‘That aura isn’t something one can just gain normally by cultivation… that is gained by slaughter.’ Patriarch Bing thought to himself, finding the man to be different from most disciples here.
From just this assessment alone, he would put the man above most people here. He could tell that the man was superior to most of the elders here, excluding those from the top sects and the clans.
Even the envoy from the Long clan opened his eyes upon sensing the man.
And when he did so, his pupils could be seen, which were not normal. Rather than being in the form of circles, they were slits like that of a reptile.
“Stay back, young master.” Elder Ruanjian said in a low voice to Lian Xiaojian.
Junior elder Kai Li who saw this reaction from Elder Ruanjian was intrigued.
‘For him to act like this… the man is not simple.’ Kai Li reckoned.
Regardless of the reactions of all, one thing was common, the man in front of them had caught all of their sights. He was like a lion walking among dogs, dangerous and majestic.
“Greeting. Pardon me for being late. I was held up by certain matters on the way here. I am Ji Shirong, the envoy from the Ji clan.” Shirong spoke.
Hearing this, everyone finally understood this was the final person they had been waiting for. Minister Ting, who had seen and talked to Shirong before, was stunned.
“This is young master Shirong? He’s certainly changed…” Minister Ting muttered to himself.
Both the appearance and demeanor was vastly different from before for them.
While the elders might have had complaints before, they were honestly a bit intimidated to complain to Shirong now.
“Welcome, Young master Shirong. It’s a pleasure to meet you again.” Minister Ting finally spoke.
“Ah, it is nice to meet you too, minister Ting. Seems like you have had some progress in cultivation, too.” Shirong replied.
“Ahaha, I could say the same for you, Young master.” Minister Ting replied. ‘I really can’t tell what stage he’s at… I can’t sense his base at all. He’s certainly above me…’ he thought.
“I think we should hurry on, since it’s already been late due to me.” Shirong stated.
“Of course, let’s continue.” Minster Ting agreed.
The others nodded their heads too, and the entourage continued onwards. Upon entering the forest, they saw the distinct lack of beasts.
“This is certainly strange… there shouldn’t be so few beasts.” Someone commented.
“Indeed…” Shirong said.
He couldn’t help but reminisce the time he spent in the forest before. That was after all, where a major change in his life happened. He couldn’t forget that and didn’t want to either.
The things he had seen from that point onwards were rather enlightening to him. Shirong had managed to learn certain secrets that most didn’t know and had some really great ones of his own as well.
‘I’ll make sure to awaken you again one day…’ Shirong thought to himself, thinking of a certain crystal spear.
While Shirong was thinking to himself, a certain person spoke up.
“If I recall correctly, Chief Disciple Wang Xiong already knows about the forest and the power inside it right? Then you must know the locations as well?” Junior elder Kai Li questioned.
Wang Xiong who heard it, looked over to the rather young looking elder. He knew that she was from the Lian clan and had to be a bit respectful to her.
“I do indeed, elder.” Wang Xiong answered.
“Then why don’t you tell us about it? Doesn’t everyone think that knowing more about it would be better. After all this is beasts we are dealing with. As fellow humans, we need to be smarter.” Junior Elder Kai Li stated.
“Elder Kai Li is right.” A few others that Kai Li had managed to get acquainted with agreed.
“I’m afraid I will have to disappoint Elder Kai Li. Even if I had seen it, I am not permitted to speak about it. At least not now.” Wang Xiong replied.
“Oh? Will you not give us the face for such a small matter?” Kai Li asked with a smile.
“Elder, it isn’t that I don’t want to give face to you or the other eminent seniors here. Rather, I don’t dare not give face to the power inside the forest.” Wang Xiong stated plainly.
