Footsteps sounded behind Tao Ran.
A vast army of Mara-struck soldiers marched into formation. At its center, a petite Vidyadhara stood out.
"Bailu?!" Ling Sha's eyes widened.
"Did you think I didn't know why you sent that message?" Tao Ran's expression darkened.
"Jing Yuan sent you to test me, didn't he?"
"Under the alliance's pact with the Vidyadhara, no one may spill Vidyadhara blood on Vidyadhara territory."
"Are you going to use force in the presence of the Luofu's High Elder?"
"Sister Ling Sha, help me!!" Surrounded by Mara-struck monsters, Bailu trembled.
"Do not be afraid, Lord Dragon Girl." Ling Sha frowned at Tao Ran.
"Elder, the Vidyadhara's sacred ground and the High Elder are not shields you can hide behind."
"And what of you?" Tao Ran narrowed his eyes.
"You're Vidyadhara, yet you've betrayed your own people and willingly become pawns of the Xianzhou people!"
"Before you came here with hostile intent, did you stop to think how much care your own people gave you as children?"
"Was it the Xianzhou people who raised you? Look at what you're all doing now!"
"Especially you, Imbibitor Lunae!"
Tao Ran glared at Dan Heng.
"When you were High Elder, you stubbornly squandered years of Vidyadhara resources for a single Foxian!"
"And what came of it?"
"We were the ones left to bear the consequences!!"
"And you? I summoned you time and again, but you ignored me. When we learned another of The Nameless had successfully transformed into a dragon and sent an invitation, you repeatedly interfered!"
"In the end, all you did for your people was take a Dragon Healer with no combat ability on a stroll through Scalegorge Waterscape?"
"How utterly heartless!!"
"When you returned this time, I thought you might come here for a look... Instead, you went and