"If you take her inside with you, she'll lose her future in the Stone Mountain Clan. But if you hand her over to me now, she won't. Do you need to think it over?"
Ōtsutsuki Piao was already crying her heart out, yet Kitahara Kaede showed no intention of taking pity on her.
"Given her character, what good could she possibly accomplish after entering the Ancestral Hall?"
Ōtsutsuki Heng nodded.
"That's true."
He then opened the doors to the Ancestral Hall.
And stepped inside.
Kitahara Kaede was in no hurry. He looked at Ōtsutsuki Piao, then at the wide-open doors of the Ancestral Hall.
"Is this what you fear, or what you long for? What a pity—you don't have the right mindset."
Kitahara Kaede shook his head at her helplessly.
Now that she was at the edge of the grave, Ōtsutsuki Piao no longer knew what expression she should wear as she begged Kitahara Kaede.
She merely stared quietly at the doorway.
That door should have been the starting point of her rise in the Stone Mountain Clan.
But now, she had been brought here by the wrong person at the wrong time.
And so, that door had become the end of her path in the Stone Mountain Clan.
"Don't worry. I repay every grudge, but I don't forget kindness either."
Kitahara Kaede's voice was calm.
A glimmer suddenly flashed through Ōtsutsuki Piao's eyes.
She suddenly felt that there was still hope for her.
Kitahara Kaede looked toward Ōtsutsuki Heng on the other side of the door.
"Grand Elder, what is a Stone Beast?"
"A Stone Beast is a special product of Stone Mountain within the Stone Mountain Clan. It can bring enormous benefits to the clan."
Ōtsutsuki Heng explained.
Kitahara Kaede said, "I wonder whether you have any Stone