Benevolent Heart Academy, front courtyard, reception hall.
After seeing off the elders sent by the Weapon Sect to offer congratulations and receiving some of the commissioned finished products from them, Lu Feng immediately met with the visitors from the Five Elements Sect.
It was within his expectations that the Five Elements Sect would come knocking.
What he had not expected was for all Five Views to arrive together, with remarkably unanimous intentions.
Golden Thunder Temple, Rotten Wood Temple, Cloud Essence Temple, Flowing Fire Temple, Star Earth Temple.
Looking at the elders before him representing their respective temples, Lu Feng went straight to the point. "Have you all come today for the Returning to Simplicity Array?"
Had Cloud Essence Temple alone come, Lu Feng might have thought they were here for Ruo Shui. But with all Five Views present and so unusually harmonious, there could only be one reason.
Jin Hua Rong of the Golden Thunder Temple's expression darkened. He was the first to respond. "The Azure Mountain Sect Master is indeed a straightforward man. Since that is the case, we shall not beat around the bush either. Since you can represent Benevolent Heart Academy, I presume the array diagram for the Returning to Simplicity Array is in your hands. Tell us—what will it take for you to hand it over?"
Lu Feng had worn a somewhat gentle expression, but seeing Jin Hua Rong's lofty, overbearing manner—as though he were demanding rather than negotiating—filled him with displeasure.
He glanced at the other four temples and saw that none of the four elders had any intention of speaking.
Lu Feng's favorable impression of them plummeted at once. He looked coldly at Jin Hua Rong. "The Returning to Simplicity Array was obtained by my master through nine deaths and a lifetime of hardship.