Chapter 6608: The Hidden Dragon Martial Sect’s Means

The Hidden Dragon Martial Sect’s sectmaster lowered her head in shame, feeling self-reproach for not being able to rescue Yaoyao. She didn’t chase Wen Xue, knowing that she was nowhere strong enough to catch up with her.

“Don’t worry about Yaoyao.”

The monstrous old man suddenly appeared beside the sectmaster.

“Milord?”

The sectmaster was shocked. This was her first time seeing the monstrous old man outside of that secret realm. She quickly snapped out of her daze and bowed to the monstrous old man. While she was the sectmaster, she knew that she was not the true master of the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect.

“I have met Wen Xue. You can rest easy. Yaoyao will be fine,” the monstrous old man said.

The sectmaster breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that no matter how powerful Wen Xue was, there was no way she could be a match for the monstrous old man.

“I’m sure Yaoyao will be fine if milord has made a move,” the sectmaster replied.

“Did you feel powerless?” the monstrous old man suddenly asked. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The sectmaster was startled by the question, but she quickly answered, “Yes. I feel powerless for being unable to protect my sectmember.”

The monstrous old man looked at the sectmaster with a sympathetic gaze. “You should meet Lord Long Xie.”

The sectmaster saw her surroundings distorting, and before she knew it, she had been transported into a boundless space. This was not her first time here. She had previously met Long Xie and the monstrous old man here.

But there were tens of thousands of other foreign figures here this time, though none of them was a human. They were all monsters like the monstrous old man.

Some were less than thirty centimeters tall, but their eyes harnessed the power of the stars. It felt like their gaze could obliterate realms.

Some towered at over hundreds of thousands of meters tall. Even the clouds drifted at their thighs. They could probably destroy a realm with a single stomp.

And there were many of such entities here. Any one of them could easily reign supreme in the world of cultivation. Yet, they were nothing compared to the humongous dragon silhouette in the sky.

The humongous dragon silhouette was none other than Lord Long Xie.

The sectmaster bowed deeply to Long Xie and greeted, “Junior pays respect to Lord Long Xie.”

Long Xie asked, “Lass, do you know why the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect was established?”

“It is to protect the Ancestral Martial Galaxy,” the sectmaster replied. That was the answer she had heard from the previous sectmaster.

But Long Xie shook his head and replied, “The current Ancestral Martial Galaxy, except for the Ancestral Martial Lower Realm, is no longer necessary. There’s no need to protect it anymore.”

The sectmaster was taken aback. She hadn’t expected to hear such a remark.

“The Hidden Dragon Martial Sect was established to nurture outstanding juniors. While it may seem like we have fallen into decline, we have raised juniors who have stood at the top of their respective generations, such as Ye Wuhen, Song Wuya, and Dugu Lingtian.

“But those people didn’t think about bulking up our Hidden Dragon Martial Sect after maturing. Instead, they sought ways to leave,” Long Xie said.

The sectmaster was confused, but she dared not probe.

“I know what you’re confused about. You must be thinking that Ye Wuhen and Song Wuya died while protecting the world of cultivation from that mysterious remnant back then,” Long Xie said.

“Is that not the case?” the sectmaster asked.

“Not at all. Those two noticed the extraordinary nature of that power and wanted to monopolize it. Their ‘sacrifice’ is merely a front to leave the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect. I have to concede that we have raised two outstanding talents. Their act fooled not just Shangguan Fengquan but me as well.

“It only belatedly struck me later that they were still alive. They have grasped that power and snuck into the Ninth Galaxy,” Long Xie said.

“Why did they do that?” The sectmaster was confused. This was at odds with what she had believed in all this while. Ye Wuhen and Song Wuya had always been celebrated as heroes of the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect, and they were two mountains that couldn’t be surmounted.

But Long Xie returned the question to the sectmaster, “Why didn’t Dugu Lingtian stay in the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect?”

The sectmaster fell silent.

Long Xie chuckled. “Everyone has their own pursuits, though Dugu Lingtian is different from those two. Ye Wuhen and Song Wuya are too ambitious; they wanted to completely shake off the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect. It’s not a stretch to say that they are ungrateful scums.

“On the other hand, Dugu Lingtian cares about the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect. It’s just that he couldn’t maintain his identity as a Hidden Dragon Martial Sectmember as he sought to acquire power through unorthodox methods.

“We have no lack of talented sectmembers who are worthy of becoming the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect’s sectmaster, but the ones who remain behind are people like you. You stand your ground unwaveringly, no matter how strong or weak the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect is. It is because of your character that I revealed myself to you back then.

“You have known about me all this while, but you have never requested my help. I summoned you here today to relay a piece of good news. You have cleared my trial. The world thinks that our Hidden Dragon Martial Sect has fallen from grace, but little do they know that our foundation remains.

“I shall bestow a fortuitous encounter upon you today. The world has underestimated you, but you shall be the one to lead the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect to the heights it ought to stand at.”

The sky ripped open, and a gigantic coffin fell vertically out of the spatial rift into the ground.

The coffin was so huge that it resembled a towering mountain. The coffin creaked open, and immense energy leaked out from within.

The sectmaster widened her eyes in shock. The energy seeping out of the coffin was not just simple martial power; it was cultivation.

“Do you sense it as well? Old things like us are near our limits, but we still wish to contribute to the Hidden Dragon Martial Sect before our deaths. I have sealed the powers of my old friends, who have succumbed to the erosion of time, in this coffin. This energy can be refined and turned into cultivation for your use. As long as you do as I say, you can undergo a metamorphosis.

“This is our Hidden Dragon Martial Sect’s means. Even with your limited talent, you can still rise to the forefront of the present era,” Long Xie said.