Chapter 389 (2/2)

”W-was that the Patriarch?”

”It was, he looks the same as he did, I remember him from the entrance speech!”

”What is happening outside? What of the Soaring Dragon Sect?”

The disciples here had even more questions now. What had happened to the evacuation attempt, why was their dead Patriarch here and why were all of those prominent elders here with him.

While everyone had question marks above their heads Zhang Dong was flying towards a distant destination. Lan Fei brought them to a secluded mountain range that was built for combat training in mind. The disciples were many kilometers away from this destination and would not get in the way of the training.

”Good, please keep the disciples away from this area, for now, they will remain here.”

While the sect was mostly intact the protective formation needed some work. The whole city was destroyed and some of the formation lines had to be redone. Before everything was fully fixed he didn't feel like putting disciples that were weak out there.

The only way to enter this pocket dimension was to either kill the current owner or somehow breach through the treasures defenses. He didn't really think that there was any craftsman that would be able to do that and killing him would also not be that easy. Thus the disciples were safer here than outside.

”Little Fei, forward the Patriarch's orders to the others, be sure that we don't get bothered by those rascals!”

There were a few disciples that would probably attempt to get to the bottom of what was happening. It was dangerous to interrupt people that were trying to pass into the nascent soul level as they could fail. It was also dangerous for a weak cultivator to be around someone that was a nascent soul master. They would release a devastating amount of Qi which could cause death to anyone below a certain level of power.

Zhang Dong looked at Lan Fei and bowed her head while also somewhat evading his gaze. It was clear to him that she was feeling awkward about this whole thing as well.

”Hm… Dong'er… you and that girly… you sly fox!”

His gaze trailed a little bit too long on the busty woman and he was noticed by his grandfather. Zhang Jin was a known womanizer so he had a keen eye for such things, he could instantly see that there was something going on.

”What are you talking about gramps?”

He got elbowed to the side by the old man who had a strange silly look on his face. Zhang Dong to this day didn't know how a person like this could score so many women. Even after hundreds of years, he could not keep his lower brain in check and his family number constantly grew each year but at least one.

”Don't worry, I won't tell your wife, grandpa understands, I knew you had it in you! You're just like your grandfather.”

”I'm not anything like you, you old fart!”

Before Zhang Jin could continue he received a smack to the back of his head. If there weren't so many people here Zhang Dong could see himself choking his grandfather out at this very moment. Alas, he needed to remain cool and collected.

”Patriarch?”

Feng Maling turned to the unfolding scene along with the other core formation experts that were here. Everyone was a bit perplexed about the reason of the Patriarch hitting his own grandfather out of the blue.

”Hey, why did you smack me? Grandpa is going to be sad when his favorite grandchild acts like this!”

Zhang Jin started rubbing his face while trying to act cute. Though he was someone that was far above the age of a hundred, so even when he tried the puppy dog eyes, Zhang Dong could only cringe.

”Excuse me…”

Zhang Dong turned around while coughing into his fist. It was time to get these elders up a notch. He wasn't sure if all of them could make the jump to the next level but the more he got up there the better their chances at survival were.

”Well then, I think you know how it goes gramps, you've gone through the process before…”

”Uh… Dong'er… please be gentle with this old man…”

”Don't worry, I'm always gentle.”

Zhang Dong cracked his knuckles while bringing up his sect's window. It was time to cleanse everyone's body from impurities and then use some of those spirit stones they got from their attackers to push their power levels towards a new level.