Chapter 2921 — The Decision of the Palace of Dark Night
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"If the two spirit herbs are gone, then naturally we demand the pills he obtained in their stead. Surely we are not to let him profit from it?" The Grand Elder gave a cold snort. "A petty lone cultivator, and all he dares is bully our disciples of the Palace of Dark Night—why does he not dare bully the disciples of the Xuan Dan Sect? What trash! Still, once an expert of my caliber—peak late Heaven-rank—takes the field, we shall see whether he pisses himself in fright!"
"This..." Elder Li was rather put out. Was this not plain harassment? Everything that happened in the trial was left to fate; never had anyone heard of settling scores afterward. If a blood feud of life and death were settled, so be it—but to seize two spirit herbs and then demand them back was nothing short of bullying.
"Will you send it or not? If not, I'll have someone else send it!" Seeing Elder Li's hesitation, the Grand Elder glared at him and snapped.
"This... I will send it. I'll see to it at once!" Elder Li had no choice but to steel himself and leave the Grand Elder's chamber—and then, furtively, he hurried toward the place where Palace Master Wan'er cultivated.
What was the Grand Elder's strength? She was naturally perfectly aware of Elder Li's little tricks. She saw them too, yet did not stop him. It was all the better that Palace Master Wan'er should know—this was precisely the effect the Grand Elder desired!
If you do not break through to Heaven-rank and receive the inheritance, then your kin will be oppressed without end. Without pressure, where would the drive come from? The standing of the Palace of Dark Night was in grave peril. Should the inheritor fail to appear, the entire plan for the future would be ruined. That place, in a fit of rage, might well do something unspeakably cruel. The Grand Elder's own burden was immense.
Now, with the matter of Wei Zhao at hand, she could make an issue of it and bring pressure to bear on Wei Zhao, making Palace Master Wan'er understand one truth: unless she cultivated, there was absolutely no way her daughter would ever have standing!
Elder Li relayed the Grand Elder's order to Palace Master Wan'er. Palace Master Wan'er's face turned somewhat pale. This young matron—the grown-up version of the eldest young lady—felt a great tangle of emotions at this moment.
Once the inheritor's body was defiled, the chance of receiving the inheritance was next to nothing. Even after breaking through to Heaven-rank, one would find it very hard to comprehend the inheritance. Palace Master Wan'er knew that the only way to reunite with Gu Pengzhan and Gu Mengyao was to successfully receive the inheritance and become the inheritor. Only then would she be the true Palace Master of the Palace of Dark Night; for now, she was Palace Master in name only.
If she could not receive the inheritance, all was lost. And so this Qi-Gathering Pill of the Palace of Dark Night had become the key that could turn the tide. Should it succeed, everything would come right; should it fail, it would be failure forever. The Grand Elder had no choice but to activate the Palace of Dark Night's treasure—the Dark Phoenix Bloodline Guiding Stone—to seek out another metal-attribute inheritor of the Dark Phoenix bloodline who might appear and receive the inheritance!
Though she was Palace Master, to appease a new inheritor she would have to abdicate and yield her place. At that point her standing would truly be inferior to that of an ordinary elder of the Palace of Dark Night. The Grand Elder would not mistreat her—she would even guarantee her a lifetime free of want for food and clothing—but given the Grand Elder's temper, to see Gu Pengzhan and Gu Mengyao again in this life would be all but impossible.