The Spirit Beast Sect Master asked with concern, "Are you all right?"
He immediately counted his disciples.
No one was missing.
Then why did every one of them look ready to cry?
A Spirit Beast Sect disciple choked out, "Master, I... lost a child."
As he spoke, he broke down sobbing.
The Spirit Beast Sect disciples all wiped away tears.
The Demon-Refining Sect disciples turned their faces away too, their eyes wet.
The two Sect Masters looked at each other.
The Spirit Beast Sect Master took a deep breath. "Guo Anzhong, you haven't even married. You don't have a child! Don't tell me you had one during this month in the Secret Realm!"
"And what were the rest of you doing in there? Your cultivation hasn't improved, and you don't have a scratch on you. Did you fall and crack your heads open?"
The commotion drew the attention of the other Sects.
The Secret Realm really was dangerous!
Someone had even died.
But the Spirit Beast Sect disciples had no wounds or signs of a hard fight. Someone had died nonetheless. Something about it didn't add up.
Another Spirit Beast Sect disciple looked around and said, "Junior Master's Uncle, here's what happened. We heard Li Zi's inner thoughts and learned that the Spirit Beasts of our Sect and the Demon-Refining Sect could develop feelings for each other..."
To be precise, they could breed.
He had put it rather delicately.
At that, neither Sect's Master nor elders knew what to say.
"So we each summoned our Spirit Beasts, and some really did take a liking to each other. Senior Brother Lei's Thunder Lion and Senior Brother Song's Blazing Lion, Senior Brother Yun's Blood-Jade Snake and Junior Sister Zhao's Heavenly Flame Snake... Once they were done, we decided to travel together. Then,