Elder Qiao's voice gradually rose. "And besides, a divine beast that never takes missions and never experiences battle—even if it becomes pure-blooded, what will it use to protect Azure Origin? How will it become a Dao-guarding divine beast?"
His expression was grave. "Though this old man has never seen the Dragon Turtle Inheritance, I imagine more than ninety percent of it is related to combat and slaughter. Whether cultivation or advancement, it must all serve combat power."
This was not empty talk. Azure Origin Sect might never have possessed a divine beast, but after a thousand years of cultivation, that did not mean he had never encountered one. Every divine beast inheritance was tied to battle.
Human inheritances might pursue the Great Dao and immortality, but purebred divine beasts were immortal by nature! What they needed even more were methods to guard the Dao—combat power! There was no being that could master supreme strength without ever fighting. The inheritance left behind by the Divine Beast Progenitor was meant for battle: fight until there was no longer any need to fight, and the Dao would be protected.
"Could it be that the Sect Leader thinks we understand Dragon Turtles better than the Dragon Turtle Progenitor himself?" Elder Qiao asked in return.
The Dragon Turtle was not merely Brother Ge's disciple; it was also the sect's Dao-guarding divine beast. Arrangements concerning the Dragon Turtle were not Brother Ge's affair alone. If the Sect Leader insisted on holding the Dragon Turtle back and allowing him to be nothing more than an auspicious ornament, no one could do anything about it.
The Sect Leader was, after all, the Sect Leader.
Feng Yi Ju was silent for a long while before nodding. "Fine! But the Dragon Turtle must not leave the Azure Origin Realm!"
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