"Ancestor... sob, sob..."
The Gray-bearded Elder clung to Blood River King's thigh and bawled his eyes out, tears and snot streaming together. He held on for dear life, refusing to let go no matter what, soaking Blood River King's blood-red robe.
"Alas!"
Jiang Ding sighed and let the little fellow cry his heart out.
Contrary to what most people imagined, the Mountain Suppressing Sect, a Demonic Sect that was in essence built upon the blood path, was quite warm within—at least when it came to master-disciple relationships. There was no mutual deceit between masters and disciples, no plotting against one another, and very little internal strife. They were master and father alike, disciple and son alike.
That sort of typical Demonic Sect, rife with internal scheming, was common in realms where the human race flourished. It did little harm.
But in the Jiao Ming Domain, if there was still such internal strife, masters plotting against disciples, and mutual distrust, then that sect would have perished long ago. There was no room for strategic cushioning whatsoever; one wrong step meant death.
For the Mountain Suppressing Sect to have come this far and produced a Deity Transformation Heavenly Monarch amid the perilous Jiao Ming Domain was nothing short of a miracle. Naturally, its internal foundations had been built exceedingly well.
Blood River King's master had once treated him like a beloved son, and Blood River King treated his own disciples like sons. Blood River King's disciples then treated their disciples the same way... This had been passed down generation after generation. True Lord Jian Shi's master had treated him in this manner, and he had likewise treated the master of the current Grand Elder, True Person Zi Shi, in the same way.
That was why, upon seeing Blood River King, True Lord