Within the Myriad Spirits Sect's mountain gate, palaces, halls, and towers stood row upon row. The Southern Wastes' accumulation over many years had naturally given this place something of the air of an immortal's cavern abode.
Yet in Martial Confucianism's eyes, the sect's foundations had already been shaken.
Hearts were unsettled. Under Heaven-Human Resonance, trouble was bound to arise.
"Teacher Ye has come to seek an audience with the patriarch. Might I ask what guidance you have to offer?"
Void Step, draped in a white wolf pelt, looked at Ye Yin beside him.
Over the past few years, White Deer Grotto had put considerable effort into the Southern Wastes. This "Bamboo Shadow," Ye Yin, had further stirred the currents behind many major events.
There had also been no small amount of business between the Myriad Spirits Sect and White Deer Grotto.
"For the past few years, our cooperation with your sect has been seamless. I came this time to settle the quantity of spirit insects needed over the next ten years."
"Ten years?"
"Time reveals a person's heart. Others say your sect's Demonic Tribulation is approaching, but our school does not see it that way."
Ye Yin smiled. "I originally told the headmaster that we might as well make an agreement for a hundred years, but he became somewhat annoyed. He said that if we needed spirit insects for a hundred years, it meant our school's great plan would fail for a hundred years—truly inauspicious. So we let it go. Brother Huang, Ye is ashamed."
"Your sect's headmaster speaks with impartiality and fairness. In this time of trouble for our sect, such warm regard is plain to see..."
The Myriad Spirits Sect Void Step cultivator in the white wolf pelt was named Huang Yao. He was the direct disciple of