Chapter 1403: May I? (2/2)

He couldn't help but take a step back in respect to her character, dropping his stubborn gaze.

However, her words... resounded in his mind, making him aware that she knew that she could be killed by him anytime he wanted. So, he felt that it was rather unfair that she could make him feel this way.

'Fuck...! Is this why she showed her beautiful face? She made me pity her?' Davis instantly realized that she subtly manipulated him.

However, since they both used each other, he couldn't feel the need to hold it against her but respect her.

He had already begun to respect her when she chose to follow her words and protect Shirley when Ancestor Reinhardt Weiss tried to be overbearing towards Shirley. So, this was just icing on the cake, making him feel that she was a righteous and virtuous woman.

”These children...”

Ancestor Cornelia looked at Freya's pleading expression as well as Shirley's teary eyes. The big-bosomed woman behind also looked sympathetic to this brazen enemy, making her wonder how they could all support this crazy person who practiced Death Laws in incredulity. She absolutely couldn't fathom their thought process, which she hadn't failed to garner in all these years of living.

Right now, she looked like an annoyed yet helpless grandmother looking after her crying grandkids, not knowing what to do.

”Chu Feng...”

Ancestor Cornelia suddenly called out as dried-up lips moved. However, she didn't speak but closed her eyes, simply looking as if she was regaining her mental state before she opened her eyes, her eyes looking sharper than before despite the wrinkles on her appearance.

”I have already made my decision to kill you since you killed the people of my sect. However, I also cannot deny that the people you killed all had questionable characters, unneeded for the sect. But for that reason alone, I cannot let you simply walk away as you have lowered the prowess of my Burning Phoenix Ridge.”

”Do you know how vulnerable we could become, be taken advantage of if word gets out? No, such a big event. I already muse some hidden spies here have already sent word out. It's just a matter of time before the world knows that we have lost an Ancestor to a monster like you, and the wicked path might use this to their advantage stomp us while we are already down.”

Ancestor Cornelia simply looked at him in reluctance, looking as if she wanted to kill him but could not bring herself to do so. Nevertheless, seeing her stay silent while all the others watched, he couldn't help but ask.

”Are you implying that you want me to officially join the Burning Phoenix Ridge and protect it using my deathly powers?”

”If only...” Ancestor Cornelia shook her head with a bit of pity, ”You practice Death Laws. You will be considered a wicked path cultivator by the righteous world even if you are not one. Even I am not sure if you are a wicked path cultivator, so we cannot keep you here no matter what lest we be branded that we're sheltering you, a scourge of the world. Nevertheless, if you want to leave this space alive, you better leave something useful that will compensate for the loss of my sect.”

”Otherwise, it is set in fate that I might have no choice but to kill you, even if it means that I have to gamble with the fate of my sect because, as you once questioned, cultivating means going against the heavens, and if the sect feared a person like you, it wouldn't grow anywhere strong as it was before, eventually reaped by the flow of time.”

Davis's mouth slightly went agape, making him almost feel like he could comprehend something from this speech. It was almost as if he had seen the truth of the world, the vestiges of time from the ancient speech of this Burning Phoenix, leaving him feeling that he had once again touched upon the vague concept of Time Laws.

He was in a trance before he lightly shook his head, coming out of his reverie.

”Compensation... huh...?”

In the end, it fell to mere compensation. However, considering that this Burning Phoenix Ancestor possessed little to no feelings towards her Ancestor Magnus Rein and the Rein Family, he could understand her taking a step back to let both parties not be at each other's throats.

It absolutely wasn't a 'can't live under the same sky situation', so this was the best conclusion he could've hoped for, the diplomatic solution he had moved to find but ended up offending her in the beginning because he didn't want to show weakness.

He turned back, looking at Sect Master Lea Weiss, Shirley, Freya, and Esvele.

'Perhaps, without them, I might not have managed to change this big bird's mind with my prowess alone...'

He mused before he began to think of the compensation he could give them.

What did he have?

What did he possess with them that could make them nod and let him go without any hard feelings?

'Mhmm... Burning Phoenix Ridge... A Peak-Level Emperor Grade Power with immense resources that the Nine Western Territories combined might not even have... Would the nectar compensate? No, it's worthless when I considered that I took Magnus Rein's, a High-Level Law Rune Stage Powerhouses' life... Then what else could I possibly give...?'

He thought hard, feeling like he fell short.

'Burning Phoenix Ridge... Burning Phoenix... Something phoenix-like...? Mhm...!?'

Davis's eyes abruptly lit up as he abruptly echoed, ”Wait! A Burning Phoenix!?”

”What...? Do you have a problem with me being a Burning Phoenix?”

Ancestor Cornelia's crimson eyes were cold.

Davis came out of his reverie before he began to chuckle like a maniac, ”No, I was overly conscious of the word Phoenix that I...”

Davis victoriously smiled as the vague aura of another majestic bird emerged from deep within his soul essence.

”...forgot to consider your other ancestor, the Vermilion Bird...”

Soul force sprang out as the image of a Vermilion Bird formed behind him while the gazes of everyone in the room shot wide, especially the two powerful people in the hall, Sect Master Lea Weiss and Ancestor Cornelia, subconsciously had their pupils practically tremble in sheer incredulity, filled with reverence at this moment!