Chapter 391 (1/2)

”Dong'er are you sure that this is safe…”

”I'm not sure… I guess half and a half?”

”Only half? Maybe we should try it on another sect member that isn't as old as this old man.”

”Just be quiet and let me concentrate, I need to do it with someone that I'm more familiar with before I continue with the other sect members…”

”P-please be gentle…”

”Don't worry I will… this might feel a bit strange so please bear with it…”

”Ahhh… it tingles…”

”...”

”What are you two doing in there!”

A confused-looking Zhang Liena burst into a hastily manufactured cave opening. There she saw her husband and his grandfather.. The old man was bȧrė-chested and in a lotus position and Zhang Dong had his hand on his back.

”Oh…”

”Is something wrong Liena? Is the Soaring Dragon Sect attacking?”

Zhang Dong called out while breaking his concentration. He had managed to cleanse every expert's impurities with the help of his system. This didn't mean that everyone would be able to reach the next level just like that.

Normally what they would do, was to give a person that could potentially progress some pills and also time. But time was not something that they had as they could be attacked at any moment. Thus Zhang Dong decided to lend his energies to help people progress faster.

Zhang Jin was part of their inner circle and his body was similar to his own. Through these similarities, he wished to test how well he would be able to nourish his cultivation up. It seemed that he had forgotten that he had promised to give his wife a call when he was finished with the initial cleansing stage.

”I'm sorry, I was just too busy with work, how are you?”

Liena started blushing a bit, he wasn't sure what this was about but it seemed that she misunderstood something. Zhang Dong could just move over to place his hand on her cheek.

”Don't worry, I won't vanish like last time.”

”It wasn't like I was worried or anything…”

She started blushing even more and Zhang Dong could feel that his wife's body heat was increasing. But before he could lean in for a hug and maybe something extra he heard someone chuckling from the side.

”Oh, don't mind me, pray continue with what you were doing, I bet you two have a lot of catching up to do, don't mind this old man being here!”

Liena quickly moved away from Zhang Dong after hearing Zhang Jin commenting from the side. The old man just started laughing which caused the matriarch to stare at him with intent. To diffuse the situation Zhang Dong decided to quickly speak up as he didn't want to have his grandfather being mutilated by his lovely wife.

”Um, I'll be stuck here for a little bit, is there any word from the spies outside…”

”That is the surprising part, it doesn't look like they are attempting anything but we didn't have any spies placed directly in their sect, the closest one was by a nearby sect but it has been quiet…”

”That does sound odd… you'd think that they would be making a big deal out of losing so many elders and ships, could they be silencing the news so that they don't lose face?”

Zhang Dong asked while contemplating. A few days have passed since the attack but no news of any retaliation had reached them. If another large force would be getting formed it would not go unnoticed.

At most, the Soaring Dragon Sect could teleport through a gate to a closer location before attacking. Such a large undertaking would be noticed before they reached their borders as the sect had done well at placing their people at strategic locations throughout the whole empire.

”That's a possibility, maybe the word hasn't reached them? Wang Long vanished without losing a trace and we took care of the rest, we even managed to catch all the stragglers that fled into the forest.”

Zhang Jin chimed in while Zhang Dong tried to come to a conclusion. What would be the reason that would make that sect wait?

”Maybe they want to act, but can't for some reason? Maybe they truly fear the Azure Emperor and the Heavenly Crane sect…”

This was the only logical conclusion that he could come up with. If it was true then he would not need to worry about being attacked any time soon. Maybe if Wang Long was the sect leader they would be attacking instantly but he didn't seem like someone that worked well in a team. To him, his sect brothers and sisters were nothing but pawns.

The Patriarch that was his grandfather would probably think everything through before coming to a decision. Blindly going against someone that managed to slay that many nascent soul masters was not something that should be taken lightly.

”What worries me is what the Azure Emperor and the Heavenly Crane Sect will do, gramps do you think they might aid each other?”

”I don't think that's a possibility, the great three never saw eye to eye, they would sooner aid us before giving a hand to the Soaring Dragon Sect.”