"Where does humiliating my Dao companion's kin like this leave my dignity, Du Shaosi's dignity?"
The True Person of the Huayin lineage wore a dark expression, but he had already summoned a short saber carved from jade. White cranes, water, and fire patterned its surface, and it shimmered with the luster of Xin Metal.
He dared act so arrogantly because he was certain he could overpower his opponent.
True Zheng could ward off water and fire and was a prominent Dao of the present age. Although both men possessed a second divine ability, he enjoyed considerable advantages, naturally placing him a cut above his opponent. In particular, he carried two treasures of Xin Metal that could restrain Bing Fire and take his opponent's swagger down a notch!
His mother had ordered him here to escort several direct descendants of the Xiao Clan back to Huayin, not to stir up trouble. Yet the sight before him immediately gave him the urge to provoke a fight.
Xiao Dianqing had died on the battlefield before formally becoming his Dao companion, leaving him steeped in pent-up rage and resentment lately. After all, who knew how many years he had waited for her primal yin!
Flecks of pink light flickered deep within his eyes, further unsettling his emotions. The True Person of Mount Huayin merely tightened his grip on the [Jade Token], empowering this upper-grade Purple Mansion short saber with an unending stream of True Insight!
Mount Huayin was one of Great Li's foremost alchemical schools, with wealth and resources that rivaled even Louguan. In terms of spirit artifacts, it was inferior to no one. Xin Metal embodied silver, jade, jewels, lead, and mercury.
Jade was hard and firm yet lustrous, unchanged by heat or cold, unaltered in weight-the yin within yin, the essence of