But Bai Yu had given only a rough account last night, leaving him still unsure of exactly what had happened. Wind, Come Valley, which Bai Yu had mentioned, was the territory Azure Profound Sect had allotted to the White-Headed Eagle Clan.
"Using a White-Headed Eagle's defection from Azure Profound Sect as a pretext, West Wind Pavilion falsely accused the White-Headed Eagle Clan of colluding with the demonic cult and mustered all its forces to besiege Wind, Come Valley. If that were all, Mother's cultivation would still have allowed her to escape with the entire clan. But who could have known that the Peacock King, who had always been our enemy, would seize the chance to ambush Mother too? Our clan's forces collapsed, and Mother was captured. We don't know whether she's alive or dead."
Bai Yu spoke in a somewhat subdued voice.
"If Father hadn't gone to the Northern Border with Ninth Uncle, how would those people have dared act so outrageously?"
Bai Yu added indignantly.
"The Sect Master of Azure Profound Sect and Elder Black Dragon just ignored all this?"
Xu Taiping asked again, somewhat puzzled.
"The Sect Master? Hmph, he's long feared the growing power of our White-Headed Eagle Clan. He might even have personally ordered what happened last night. All these years, he's been stirring up disputes among the Demon Race to weaken and counterbalance those below the mountain."
"As for Elder Black Dragon, he's nothing but the Sect Master's watchdog!"
Bai Yu snorted coldly.
Xu Taiping truly did not know how to judge the matter.
After all, he belonged to the Human Race and could not put himself in the Demon Race's shoes and see things as they did.
Besides, when he had previously consulted the sect's Archives through the Bronze Mirror, he had read of