"They went back?"
Lu Ze frowned.
The Void Soul Crystal had escaped when it was practically in his mouth. He could not accept that.
"Sect Master He said he didn't know whether the Beast Taming Sect could afford to wait... perhaps things took a turn for the worse."
Nangong Yuan shook his head and explained to Lu Ze.
"Elder Chao promised to send elders from the Spirit Cloud Sect to help the Beast Taming Sect through its crisis. But Sect Master He said this wasn't something cultivation alone could solve."
"Now that you mention it, the Beast Taming Sect does seem to have posted a commission for an illusion realm... the reward is a Void Soul Crystal."
Hearing Nangong Yuan's description, Zhong Yi immediately added this.
"No wonder several beast-taming illusion realms have appeared lately."
"A commission? What are the requirements for the illusion realm?"
Lu Ze's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.
"I don't know. It seems they have to discuss it in person... they probably signed confidentiality Spirit Contracts. I haven't seen anyone publicly mention what the Beast Taming Sect's requirements are."
Zhong Yi shook his head, then added another detail.
"But there's less than a month left on the commission, and the Illusion Alliance seems to have made its move too... that beast-taming illusion realm has had a pretty good reception."
Hearing this, Lu Ze knitted his brows and said solemnly:
"It looks like our fellow sect is in dire straits... Master, come with your disciple to the Beast Taming Sect!"
Nangong Yuan's mouth twitched sharply. "...Which one of us is the master here?"
On the way to the Beast Taming Sect, Lu Ze learned the broad outlines of its situation from Nangong Yuan.
During the Primordial Righteous-Demonic War, the Beast Taming Sect had