"Dao Lord Dongcheng, you are mistaken. Those who come are guests. Why must we entertain them by making rivers of blood flow?"
The Medicine Gate Master's words provoked an angry laugh from Dao Lord Dongcheng. "A woman's soft heart. We have all been driven into a dead end and have no choice but to save ourselves this way. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. I see nothing wrong with that."
At this point, Dao Lord Dongcheng suddenly paused, then raised his head as though the fog had cleared from his mind. "Or could it be that the Medicine Gate intended to keep the Humanoid Pill all to itself from the start...?"
The Medicine Gate Master angrily swept his sleeve. "Nonsense! Utter rubbish! If I truly intended to keep her all to myself, why would I have allowed you into my sect? Please mind your words, Dao Lord Dongcheng."
Dao Lord Dongcheng gave a strange laugh. "Heh, Sect Master, enough already. Swords are drawn and bows are strung, yet you're still putting on this act. Aren't you tired?"
"As expected, all the first-tier sects except my Heavenly Dawn Sect care about keeping up appearances. Even when you want to eat someone, you have to dress it up as something so refined and unworldly. Entertaining guests? You mean a banquet with the guest as the feast."
Whatever the Medicine Gate Master was considering, he actually fell silent for a time, as though he too agreed with Dao Lord Dongcheng.
In truth, many things today had exceeded his expectations, such as the arrival of the Heavenly Secret Sect, the Flowing Radiance Sword Sect, and the Jade Sword Sect.
By rights, the people he had gathered were more than enough to deal with the Azure Tide Sect alone, but those other sects were here