Chapter 2618 - Taking a Student for Teaching (1/2)

In an office of Sky Palace, a collection of elders, officers, and other high-class people were discussing the events with great excitement.

“We’re talking about the Eleventh Leader’s sword skill, here. It is one of Sky Palace’s secret techniques. After being buried for all these years, it has finally been revealed. It should be a part of Sky Palace’s armory. We can’t allow an outsider to claim it. The one who got it was a foreign student, after all.”

“But you’re wrong. The Eleventh Elder left this request. How could we disobey his final wish?”

“This only happened because he was too old to understand that the white elephant might unwittingly select an outsider. A foreign student, no less!” The high-class people of Sky Palace had split into three different camps. One camp suggested putting the sword skill into Sky Palace’s list of secret skills, where only the truly important figures of the Sky could view

Another camp believed they should honor the final command of the Eleventh Leader and allow Han Yan to practice the sword skill she had been given. The final group wanted to take the Eleventh Leader’s sword skill to a place where they could research it. They wanted to modify it so all of Sky Palace’s students could practice it.

“Leader, please say something.” The Sixth Elder supported the group that wished to take the sword skill and put it on the restricted list. After the Sixth Elder spoke, everyone realized that Sky Palace Leader had yet to say anything in the discussion.

Sky Palace Leader said coldly, “There is no need to discuss this.”

“What do you mean, Leader?” Sky Chance Officer asked Sky Palace Leader with confusion.

Sky Palace Leader looked at him. Then, he turned his gaze back to everyone else who was present. “It doesn’t matter what decision we make if we can’t get our hands on the sword skill, does it?”

“Why could we not get it? We can ask Han Yan to present it to us. Would she dare not to? It belongs to Sky Palace, and if you want to take it back, then we would be totally within our rights,” Sky Chance Officer said flatly.

“You really think that would be an acceptable course of action? Yes, you are technically correct. But it sounds to me like you’re not giving any consideration to the Eleventh Leader and his request,” Yun Changkong said mockingly.

“I would never insult the Eleventh Leader… However, I don’t think the Eleventh Leader expected that he would end up handing over his skill to someone who wasn’t even a Sky. We are merely fulfilling our responsibility as leaders of our people. I am sure that his spirit in heaven would agree with our decision,” Sky Chance Officer said confidently.

Sky Palace Leader squinted, smiled, and said, “Sky Chance Officer is correct. We could argue that we were merely using our authority, but clearly, the Eleventh Leader knew we would want to take advantage of this situation. He sent his mount Hitting Sky Elephant to protect the skill and prevent young ones like us from stealing it under the guise of protecting our people. Do you have another plan to sort this out that involves the use of our authority?”

“If… if Han Yan is willing to hand it over, the Hitting Sky Big Elephant shouldn’t…” Sky Chance Officer said, before going quiet. He didn’t believe a single word that he was saying. The skill wasn’t recorded in text; rather, it had taken the form of a jade sword. The white elephant wouldn’t part with the jade sword for a minute. The white elephant didn’t care if Han Yan used the sword, but if anyone else came close to it, the Hitting Sky Elephant would attack them. The Sixth Elder was a prime example of what might happen if the white elephant got annoyed.

“The Hitting Sky Elephant is just a low-intelligence xenogeneic. I doubt it knows much. We can trap it and take the jade sword away. How could it stop us then?” an elder said with a hoarse voice.

“Seventh Elder, this is Sky Palace. We aren’t a den of thieves,” Yun Changkong said disparagingly.

“Yun Changkong, don’t let this become personal. Han Yan might be your student, but the sword skill is part of the legacy of Sky Palace. It isn’t your personal possession…” the Seventh Elder said with a cold grunt.