What?
Everyone looked stunned after hearing the Fifth Elder's words.
Where was his dignity?
Where were his principles?
Was this really the same Fifth Elder who had acted so high and mighty?
It truly proved that saying: the more arrogantly you swaggered before, the harder you got slapped in the face afterward.
"Fifth Elder, you are an elder of the sect. I, Liu Erlong, am an outsider. What have I done to deserve such a grand gesture?"
Liu Erlong remained unmoved. Neither joy nor sorrow showed on her face as she calmly rejected the Fifth Elder's proposal.
"No, if I don't kowtow to you, my conscience won't rest."
The Fifth Elder insisted.
So the Fifth Elder actually wore his heart on his sleeve?
Liu Erlong was somewhat surprised.
Still, a refusal was a refusal...
Her calm gaze swept over everyone. "Fifth Elder, there is no need. Never mind you alone-even if all five elders knelt and kowtowed to me, I would not stay."
Was she really this heartless?
Everyone was stunned.
Then bitterness welled up in their hearts.
Truthfully, if Liu Erlong had displayed her strength, talent, and martial soul before joining, why would they ever have stopped her from bringing her mother's spirit tablet into the ancestral hall?
Even asking all the elders to welcome her together would have been no problem.
In fact...
If Liu Erlong wanted, they could even erect a tablet for her in the ancestral hall.
"Uncle, Father, I have some things to attend to, so I'll be leaving."
Liu Erlong cupped her fist toward Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian, then turned and left with effortless grace.
"Clan Leader, Second-in-Command, you... please say something!"
Seeing Liu Erlong about to disappear from view, the Third Elder could no longer hold back and spoke urgently.
"Say what?"