"Now that things had come to this, now that we were here, you had to cast aside your ingrained fear of Misty Pavilion. Fear and retreat were useless. Would being afraid and yielding make Misty Pavilion treat us well? The more we shrank back, the more easily they would bully us, and the harder our lives here would become. The more overbearing we were, the more they would have to yield, and the better we could live. Why? Because the Sacred Venerable stood behind us!"
Qin Guan and Ke Dingjie looked at each other. They understood the reasoning, yet their hearts still felt unsteady.
Niu Youdao also knew that something rooted in their bones could not be changed with just a few words. His gaze drifted toward Golden Wings in the cage. "Go fetch writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone. I'm submitting a report to the Sacred Venerable!"
"..." Qin Guan and Ke Dingjie were rather dumbfounded. Ke Dingjie asked suspiciously, "Elder, we've only just arrived and don't know anything. What are we reporting?"
Niu Youdao said, "I suspect Xuan Yao left me in the Sacred Realm to settle a personal grudge through public means, to retaliate against me. I'm submitting a petition to the Sacred Venerable!"
"..." The two were both speechless. Qin Guan broke into a cold sweat. "Elder, we have no evidence. Can we make such claims carelessly?"
Niu Youdao said, "We were kept under control the entire time in the Sacred Realm. Where were we supposed to find evidence? How it should be handled is the Sacred Venerable's concern; we needn't worry about it. Xuan Yao holds grudges, and we can't just sit here waiting. Strike first and gain the upper hand. There's nothing wrong with giving him a little trouble."
He did not reveal all