"Yes. Thanks to your guidance, Master, I achieved what I have today. Those opponents who once stood at my level will fade into the crowd, left far behind me."
The Bi Fang Divine Bird glanced back at the boys and girls from the Primordial Divine Mountain, as well as the Nine-Headed Lion. They were all familiar faces he had surpassed.
The proud Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly said little, offering only a sincere, "Thank you, Master!"
"You all worked hard enough yourselves. You weren't bound by sectarian prejudices or racial hatred. That's why you've achieved what you have today."
Xiao Tian's Sixth Calabash Brother's Body spoke calmly. Could he admit that he had initially relied entirely on bluffing, hoping to obtain their Treasure Arts to study, only for the willow he planted without thought to grow into shade?
At most, Xiao Tian had supplied a bold but somewhat immature idea. Its actual success had depended entirely on the efforts of the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly and the Bi Fang Divine Bird.
As for the Flame Fish school, they had brought this upon themselves. They had traveled so ostentatiously and arrogantly, and now their whimpering cries filled the seawater. They still had to flee for their lives, for other sea beasts were hunting them too, hoping to refine their divine essence to temper divine weapons.
Xiao Tian's Sixth Calabash Brother's Body had collected over twenty thousand Flame Fish, enough to extract at least twenty drops of divine essence.
His Seventh Brother's Clone had also looted the burning house, collecting over ten thousand Flame Fish, while his Da Wa Body had collected several thousand. Each had gained something.
As for the War Goddess, Yu Meiren, she had collected two thousand Flame Fish and was already smiling like a blossoming flower.
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