"You two must be joking!"
He Pingsheng showed no fear. Keeping a constant watch on their movements, he said, "Let's put aside whether what you're saying is true!"
"Even if it is, your argument makes no sense!"
"This Secret Realm belongs jointly to every sect and Lineage in the Daoist Profound Alliance!"
"How could anyone claim it for themselves?"
"If planting Blazing Sun Flowers here means no other disciples can pick them, then what if disciples of our Great Void Sect planted the entire Secret Realm? Would you stop coming here altogether?"
"That argument doesn't hold water!"
The woman smiled. "Junior Brother, you're being quite unreasonable!"
He Pingsheng said, "If that's what you think, once we leave this Secret Realm, take it up with the elders of our Great Void Sect and see whether they agree!"
The Zhuang Lineage man and woman's faces instantly darkened.
Exactly!
Their argument didn't hold water.
Did the Great Void Sect not plant things here too?
Following her master Yu Ning's instructions, Tian Xiaoqing had brought all sorts of seeds from outside and scattered them as she went. Wasn't that so future disciples could gather natural treasures when they came here?
Yet the Great Void Sect had never claimed those things as its own!
The Secret Realm was shared property.
There was nothing wrong with planting something, keeping its location secret, and sneaking back to harvest it the next time.
But if someone else harvested it, you could only blame your own rotten luck.
That was all within the rules.
"Fine, fine..." the man said. "Since you've picked them, Junior Brother, so be it... You have a point. Our Zhuang Lineage..."
The man seemed to have given up, speaking reasonably even as he suddenly launched an attack.
A black spear had appeared in his hand