Chapter 2965 — Xuanchen's Warning
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"So that is how it is. You thought it through more carefully than I did." Ancestor Xuanchen nodded, his doubts dissolving. "Still, if that plan of ours succeeds this time, there will be no need to use that kind of trial spirit medicine to refine pills at all!"
"So that is how it is. Then this disciple of yours has been meddling where he should not," Tiansan Bian said.
"Not exactly meddling. You are the young master of the Xuandan Sect; naturally you must put the reputation and interests of the Xuandan Sect first. You did nothing wrong." Ancestor Xuanchen waved a hand. "Let this matter rest. As for that Wei Zhao—keep your distance from now on. Do not help him."
"Yes, this disciple understands." Tianchan bowed her head at once and answered, though a trace of resolve flashed through her lovely eyes, so fleeting it was all but imperceptible.
"Good. You may go back first." Ancestor Xuanchen gestured for Tianchan to take her leave.
After Tianchan had gone, Ancestor Xuanchen turned to Kang Jingming. "These are all trifling matters, hardly worth troubling over. From what the reports say, Wei Zhao's meridians and dantian have already been shattered. Even if he holds a Fourth-Grade Great Return Pill, it will do him no good, for he cannot refine the pill at all. One more Third-Grade Great Return Pill is nothing but a bit of amusement for him."
"You speak truly. This disciple was a little too hasty." Kang Jingming hastily admitted his fault with due caution.
"Tiansan Bian may be your senior fellow disciple, but he now stands as the young master of the Xuandan Sect. From now on, try not to question what he does," Ancestor Xuanchen said after a moment's thought, instructing Kang Jingming.
"Master, is the Xuandan Sect not a vassal of our Five Luminaries Sect?" Kang Jingming asked, slightly taken aback.
"A vassal it is, true enough. But over these years the Xuandan Sect has followed at the heels of the Five Luminaries Sect and has skimmed no small share of the benefits. Our Five Luminaries Sect has kept itself hidden behind the scenes, while all the open, visible gains have fallen to the Xuandan Sect. In these twenty years the Xuandan Sect's power has swelled rapidly—by what I can see, it is no longer inferior to the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect." Ancestor Xuanchen's expression turned grave.
"By what you can see? Do you mean there are things you cannot see?" Kang Jingming was slightly startled.
"Who does not keep a few cards up his sleeve? Even our Five Luminaries Sect... heh heh..." At that, Ancestor Xuanchen merely smiled and said no more.
But Kang Jingming already understood his master's meaning. The Five Luminaries Sect, it seemed, also held something back. What he saw might not be the full strength of the Five Luminaries Sect! At this thought, Kang Jingming could not help growing excited. "Since the Xuandan Sect is our vassal force, then if they are concealing something, should we not investigate?"
"If you want a sect to serve you with a peaceful heart, then either you must hold absolute dominance, gripping them so tightly they have no room to breathe, or you must let them keep a shred of fantasy and a card or two in reserve, so that they believe we cannot swallow them whole." Ancestor Xuanchen waved his hand. "You are still young. You do not yet understand the mindset of those who sit above."
"Oh... so that is how it is. Then why does our Five Luminaries Sect not step into the open? If we did, would we not gain even more resources?" Kang Jingming asked, puzzled.
"Heh heh. As things look now, staying out of the open was the right choice. Had we stepped forward, I expect that Xiao Yi and the others—and I myself—would no longer be in the Five Luminaries Sect," Ancestor Xuanchen said with some emotion.
"Master, what do you mean by that? What do you mean, no longer in the Five Luminaries Sect?" Kang Jingming did not grasp his meaning.