"Gulp..."
Bing He swallowed. Facing the phantom that blotted out the sky, its length unknown thousands of feet, with only its savage fire dragon head showing through the clouds and its tail thousands of feet away, he felt the pressure multiply.
His expression tightened slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Sect Master Xiao, you and I have always kept our well water clear of each other's river water. This is all a misunderstanding..."
"A misunderstanding?"
Xiao Yan smiled. "That wasn't how you were acting just now..."
Mo Xie, reduced to half a body beside them, watched in astonishment. He did not know that this was the very person who had recently stirred up storms across the continent. He merely guarded his own little patch of land and disliked outsiders disturbing him, but he did know how terrifying the Ice River Valley's power was.
Now that this youth had revealed his background, even Ice Venerable treated him with such courtesy, and even... fear.
Just what was the Taiqing Gate's background?
"..."
Ice Venerable looked grim. His eyes narrowed, and only after pondering for a while did he slowly say, "Why take things this far? Sect Master Xiao's backing is in the Beast Region, after all. However powerful the Ancient Void Dragon Clan may be, they have no reason to interfere in the Pill Region. Besides... this old man is not without backing either."
"Who? The Pill Tower?"
Xiao Yan chuckled. An ink-black Mystic Staff slowly formed in his palm. He casually twirled it twice, whipping up gusts of wind with considerable force, no longer merely copying the motions as he had when he was a Dou Zhe. Smiling, he said, "Ice Venerable, you seem to have forgotten that I am a Pill Tower Elder." "..."
Ice Venerable's heart abruptly lurched.
The Taiqing