Water Dragon Sect, Carefree Island.
Kong Xifeng, the ancestor of the Water Dragon Sect, had come to see Hua Yaoyue for the first time.
But Hua Yaoyue had not even let her onto the island. She met her on the sandy shore instead.
It was not that Hua Yaoyue looked down on this Nascent Soul Cultivator.
It was just that... Kong Xifeng truly had nothing Hua Yaoyue could respect.
Strength? She had none.
If she had been strong, the Water Dragon Sect would never have fallen into such a predicament, nor would Kong Xifeng have come looking for Hua Yaoyue time and again.
As for decisiveness, she had even less.
If she had been decisive, the Water Dragon Sect would have suffered little loss by now. It would have preserved most of its foundations and been aboard the great ship bound across the sea for the Desolate Ancient Continent.
"What is it? Does the ancestor have another brilliant idea?"
Before, Kong Xifeng would certainly have fired back at Hua Yaoyue's mockery.
But today... she seemed not to have heard it at all.
Even her right hand trembled as she gripped her cane. "How... how could Corpse-Driving Mountain be gone? And the Spirit-Controlling Sect actually went over to Shangxi! Ten-Spirit, that ingrate! To think we treated him as one of our own every time."
From Kong Xifeng's reaction, Hua Yaoyue knew what she was thinking.
"You're old, but don't make me your pillar of support. I've told you, the Water Dragon Sect has nothing to do with me."
"Taking you to the Desolate Ancient Continent and getting the Taiyi Immortal Sect to accept you is already as far as my kindness can go."
Hua Yaoyue's blunt words brought Kong Xifeng to her senses at once.
"You... are you truly so cold?"