Chapter 1400 - Is That Chu Feng Still Alive?
"If you have nothing to say, you can leave, Little Reinhardt. Forget this matter and cultivate hard in seclusion so that you may reach the Martial Overlord Stage, managing to extend your lifespan to fifty thousand years. The fires of your already withered vitality can be reignited while you still have the chance, unlike me who have reached the peak of what I can achieve, so don’t ever give up."
"Yes..." Ancestor Reinhardt Weiss gritted his teeth and answered.
Inwardly, he couldn’t help but muse if only this magical beast knew the difficulty to cultivate the body. He couldn’t help but lament magical beasts had it so much easier, only needing to eat and sleep to grow, but he couldn’t deny that Ancestor Cornelia had her fair share of struggles because the onslaught of the bloodline thinning-out problem had begun a bit before her generation of Burning Phoenixes.
Ancestor Cornelia literally remains the last Burning Phoenix to have reached the Peak-Level Ninth Stage with her own travels and adventures in their Burning Phoenix Ridge.
"The matters of the sect would be overseen by Little Lea, who is the current Sect Master, while we Ancestors are not to interfere with the growth and well-being of the sect unless it required our true help, and not after the calamity has ended."
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Ancestor Reinhardt Weiss fumblingly raised his head before he stood up, nodding his head.
"Yes..."
"Good, now return the spatial ring of Little Magnus to the Ancient Treasury. According to the rules of the sect, no family is allowed to hold the Legacy Treasures after the death of their Ancestor and applies the same even to another Ancestor of the same or a different family. Additionally, all High-Level Emperor Grade and above armaments, artifacts, and heavenly resources will be confiscated unless these treasures absolutely belonged to Little Magnus or the Rein Family themselves. Are we clear?"
"Yes, we are clear."
Ancestor Reinhardt Weiss could only find himself saying yes and yes, again and again. He felt his face burn, but he also felt that he couldn’t do much about it as he felt like a child being berated by his mother. Ancestor Cornelia’s voice was no longer cold but pleasant to hear as if she was just chiding him to not do bad things.
Even Sect Master Lea Weiss was flabbergasted at this scene playing out in front of her eyes. What she considered a knot in her heart, a kind of fear towards her Ancestor, was easily broken by just watching Ancestor Cornelia suppress him.
Ancestor Reinhardt Weiss then left, leaving the three of them in this hall with Ancestor Cornelia. He did not look back at all, looking like he was heading towards the Ancient Treasury.
"...!"
Only then did Sect Master Lea Weiss suddenly noticed that Shirley still stood without kneeling, making her heart almost leap out.
"Shirley, what are you doing!? Quickly kowtow...!"
She looked back at Shirley as her eyes trembled.
Kowtowing is attributed to displaying immense respect to the receiving party, while not kowtowing is attributed to showing disrespect. In the cultivator’s world, not kowtowing didn’t mean that that the person was neutral, but when they see a sign of a superior person or a person more powerful than them, they would at least have to clasp their hands or bow, giving the basic respect that the receiving party commanded.
Not giving respect is considered disrespect. There’s no in-between, especially in places like sects.
Sect Master Lea Weiss pursed her lips, looking moved again before she kowtowed once more.
"Ancestor Cornelia is wise and magnanimous."
"Hahaha..." Ancestor Cornelia let out a peal of wry laughter, her aged voice echoing with irony, "Magnanimous?"
She looked at Sect Master Lea Weiss with a complicated glint in her eyes.
"In truth, I would’ve really punished you if it weren’t for my ancestors’ flames that I could feel burning inside your dantian..."
"!!!"
Sect Master Lea Weiss’s crimson eyes widened as her expression froze. Shirley’s body also went stiff. She even tried to take a step back to leave subconsciously but found that she was unable to move just from the sheer tension that she felt at this moment.
"Judging by this characteristic, this flame must be from my ancestor, the Fire Phoenix."
Ancestor Cornelia then turned to look at Shirley, a wry smile once again becoming deeply apparent.
"The intensity is even more here despite the difference in stages. I think I now know why you two decided to work together, you protecting Little Shirley while that Chu Feng used you to kill those who might harm Little Shirley here."
Sect Master Lea Weiss and Shirley slightly relaxed as they saw that Ancestor Cornelia was still talking amicably, but they were still stunned, tongue-tied to even reply to this situation.
When exactly had Ancestor Cornelia probed them? They didn’t even see it coming!
"What? You two really thought you could hide it from me when I’m this close...?"
Ancestor Cornelia’s lips twitched.
Was her finding out that they had this peculiarity within them so unbelievable? Could it be that they underestimated her prowess, the prowess of a Peak-Level Emperor Beast Stage Magical Beast? Especially a one that had crossed its lifespan’s limits and was now teetering on the edge of death?
It was okay for Little Shirley to be like this but for Little Lea to be shocked along with her was a bit intriguing to her when she suddenly realized that Little Lea could’ve failed to see that the person she was dealing with a magical beast that possessed a fully developed control over its soul.
She smiled genially, feeling like she was talking with little chicks.
"Forgive me, Little Lea. I had to probe you with my soul to know that you are not being controlled by that Chu Feng, although I am not sure about little Shirley."
"Mhm...?"
Sect Master Lea Weiss blinked, her gaze falling on Shirley with confusion when she suddenly heard Ancestor Cornelia’s voice becoming filled with a sheer chill that permeated deep into the atmosphere.
"Elder Chu Feng, was it? Come out~"