"Longyuan Immortal Friend..."
Seeing him leave, Sword Master Yukun guessed what he was thinking. She hesitated for a moment, but ultimately had no reason to ask him to stay.
Otherwise, she feared they might not even be able to remain "friends."
Ling Qiankun, however, grew anxious. "Mother, Sword Master Longyuan... why did he leave?"
It would have been one thing if Sword Master Longyuan had simply left, but he had taken the Cloud Firmament Sword with him.
Ling Qiankun had spent the past century attuning himself to this High-Grade Xiantian Spirit Treasure. With his Immortal Sword taken away right before the battle, what was he supposed to use against Zhi Weichen?
Sword Master Yukun fell silent for a moment before turning to Ling Qiankun. "You've been hostile toward Li Xian... Dao Lord Li, all because of Gu Qingxian?" "I..."
"Enough!"
Before Ling Qiankun could speak, Sword Master Yukun already had her answer. "I've neglected your discipline over the years, letting you lose sight of yourself and grow arrogant and willful. You've even forgotten that we cultivators can rely on nothing but our own strength."
Rebuked by Sword Master Yukun, Ling Qiankun immediately fell as silent as a cicada in winter.
But Sword Master Yukun had no intention of stopping there.
Her expression icy, she stared at the son she had expended so much effort to bring into being. "Remember, Dao Lord Li is no longer someone we can afford to offend! Not just you-even I, the master of the Yukun Sword, a peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, have no such standing. Do you understand?" Ling Qiankun's eyes flew wide. "Mother, you..."
He was not entirely brainless.
Recalling that his mother's attitude had changed so drastically only after watching Li Xian fight Chengguang, he immediately realized something. "Could it be... that