"Wu Wanlin, Elder of the Feather Immortal Sect, greets Sect Master Qin!"
Below the dais in the Martial Inheritance Hall, an older man dressed in gray and white, who looked to be in his forties, spoke with his hands clasped.
"Please take a seat, Elder Wu."
"Thank you, Sect Master Qin!"
Wu Wanlin clasped his hands again, then sat down to one side.
Even now, his heart was pounding with anxiety.
He could hardly avoid being nervous.
Their Supreme Elder had suffered grievous injuries and nearly died after being struck by the Origin Sect's guardian Dao Artifact. Even his cultivation foundation had almost been destroyed.
The Origin Sect's ruthlessness was already notorious throughout the cultivation world.
Now that he had come to their doorstep, one careless word might mean he would never leave this hall.
Had Wu Wanlin not been the weakest and lowest-ranking of all the Feather Immortal Sect's Elders, he would never have waded into these troubled waters, even under threat of death.
Looking at Wu Wanlin, whose expression was calm but whose eyes betrayed his anxiety, Qin Shujian smiled faintly. "What brings Elder Wu here on behalf of the Feather Immortal Sect? Please speak freely."
"After your sect destroyed the experts of the Heavenly Martial, Divine Extremity, and Origin Return Sects, we feared that unscrupulous opportunists might take advantage of the situation to plunder their resources. We therefore acted first to secure some of those resources, with the intention of returning them to their rightful owner."
After collecting his thoughts, Wu Wanlin coughed lightly twice and continued.
"As there were considerable resources, our sect spent the past several days sorting and counting them. Only now have we finally finished, so I was sent to deliver them to you, Sect Master Qin."
As he spoke,
Wu Wanlin suddenly