Just as she was about to press further about the Cultivation Technique's origins, a voice tinged with weariness came from the palace atop the Mountain. "What else could it be?"
Hearing the voice from above, Xue Bingxuan swallowed the blood that had flowed from her wounds earlier, doing her best to steady her voice.
The young man had gone to great lengths to secure her this chance to speak directly with the Dao Alliance Leader. Naturally, she couldn't afford to let anything go awry.
"The Absolute Cold Sword Array!"
Hearing that it was this particular Cultivation Technique, the voice atop the Mountain fell silent for a moment, then asked curiously, "What reward do you want?"
"To join the Dao Alliance!"
Xue Bingxuan forced herself to rise despite the pain wracking her body. Fixing her eyes on the Dao Alliance's Main Hall above, she gave her answer without the slightest hesitation!
"Your accomplishments are insufficient, and your ambitions are too great." This time, the voice atop the Mountain remained silent for even longer before finally offering its assessment.
Hearing the voice slowly drift down from the palace on the Mountain, Leng Ningshuang—
and the other Dao Alliance True Persons who had heard the commotion and come to watch, all finally relaxed their tightly furrowed brows.
There was no one on this continent who didn't want to become a member of the Dao Alliance.
But this woman before them was far too driven by self-interest. She thought that handing over a Cultivation Technique the Dao Alliance had lost to the outside world would be enough to make her one of the Eighteen True Persons.
It was hard to say whether she was foolish or simply blinded by the benefits before her, but what she'd said was utterly unrealistic.
Ignoring the varied expressions