263 Music Dao

As they went to the lodging that was allocated to them the ones escorting them were as silent as they were before but there was a slight difference. There was a palpable tension and caution in the air between them now.

“I had heard of the Piercing Cloud Sect before, but this was the first timeI heard it being referred to as ‘the first of the Five Great Sects’, though it could also be bragging”

Cao Xiang said with a pondering expression. ｏｖ𝚕．ｃｏ𝚖

“… that is an unofficial ranking between our five sects”

Elder Jue slightly hesitated to speak up, but then decided it would be rude to ignore the words and provided an explanation.

“Hee~ you guys hold a tournament or something?”

Wu Mengqi asked, her eyes flashing with interest.

“No, not a tournament. It is mostly a statistical comparison of how many disciples we have and what realms have they reached… though there are occasionally friendly exchanges but our sect mostly does not participate in those”

Elder Jue replied since it was not like it was a secret, just information that was not widely known since it was not advertised.

“Eh? Why?”

“Umm… well, our Sect’s main disciples practice Music Dao…”

Elder Jue explained, and Wu Long chuckled seeing her still not understand.

“Music Dao cultivators are very powerful in large-scale battles since their attacks could have incredible range and versatility, but are quite bad at one-on-one fighting since once an opponent enters a certain range they are quite vulnerable”

He explained and Wu Mengqi’s eyes lit with realization, as it truly was very easy to defeat them if you could just get close enough. And Martial Cultivators would one way or another find such ways given that there are no other opponents to worry about.

“But then”

She then looked at the sect members that were escorting them, seemingly asking how could it be one of the Five Great Sects with such a glaring flaw in their method of fighting.

“Heh, remember, Elder Jue here said that their ‘main’ disciples were practicing it. Music Dao cultivators usually partner with a Martial Cultivator who guards their close range, so I assume that the auxiliary disciples of this sect practice Martial Cultivation”

Wu Long smiled and supplemented the explanation and both her and Luo Mingyu who was also quite interested nodded with understanding.

“Mother, isn’t the ruler of the Cloud Piercing Continent the Cloud Piercing Empire? Or is it a sect?”

Cao Mei, who rarely spoke up lately, and did not join everyone unless it was unavoidable like now spoke in a low voice. Usually Cao Xiang and Wei Lan would spend time with her, though both avoiding the theme of Wu Long and Cao Xiang’s relationship for the time being until she is able to gather her thoughts on that.

She asked in a low voice from Cao Xiang, however, it was still picked up by Elder Jue who was clueless that she did not want to stand out.

“The Sect and the Empire share the name, though since the Five Great Sects are all older than the empires it is safe to assume that the empire bore the name of the sect”

He responded and Cao Mei reluctantly thanked him for the information.

“Still, did you have to…”

Wei Lan voiced her discomfort. While it was true that the man behaved like a pig and was generally repulsive, she did not believe that it warranted this severe of a response.

“You are still assuming the best of people, Lan’er. Which is not a bad thing, and something I admire in a way. It is something I cannot do, which is why I saw the filth that was about to spit out of his mouth as soon as he opened it while looking at you all.

And while I am rather lenient and do not need to cover you up so that only I can see you, I am not so tolerant as to allow some lowlife speak of you in a way that is anything less than reverent and respectful”

Wu Long smiled at her and she slightly blushed. She did not see it coming, but she believed in his judgment so she was able to reconcile the incident for herself.

“Hew~ hew~ our dependable gentleman will not let us be soiled with words of bastards like that”

Wu Mengqi giggled and Luo Mingyu laughed at the face she made while Wu Long shook his head with a chuckle.

“Why didn’t you kill him? Would it not bring more trouble later on?”

Hua Ziyan asked and Elder Jue shook while shivers went through the rest of the ones escorting them at how naturally she asked that question, as if it was a given that Wu Long would not look over to the other party’s backing or consider the circumstances, only needing some personal reasons to spare him.

Wei Lan widened her eyes was well as she looked at her, since it was a little out of character for her. While she was decisive and accepted the necessity of harsh measures, she was usually more mild in He then shrugged his shoulders as Elder Jue and the others finally recognized the fact that only his 09:48

merit was included in his calculation, and not the consequences from one of the Five Great Sects.

demeanor when possible.

“Ziyan!”

Wei Lan then suddenly seemed to realize something and looked at Shen Min who was beside Hua Ziyan and exclaimed in a low voice, tugging her sleeve as she was ‘too kind and naive’ to consider such drastic measures. The three of them with Luo Mingyu were the closest to each other among Wu Long’s women, and knew one another very well.

Since right now they were surrounded by strangers and Shen Min was in her lighter side, not revealing herself, Hua Ziyan thoughtfully decided to ask the question she knew her friend would want to ask.

“If I did it would only complicate the matter at hand, while consequences that come later could be dealt with”

Wu Long shrugged his shoulders as he was still a guest in this sect, and killing another guest who seemed to be important was not the best way to smoothly finish the business he came here for.

It was not like whoever that man was intimidated him so there was no need to thoroughly remove him, even if the trouble he would definitely bring later on would be a hassle to deal with.

It was simply a matter of priorities.

“Not to mention, if I did kill him it would still not prevent future trouble, since his backing would not stand for it. And since not killing him brought less trouble in the short term while having no bearing on the long term, it was a logical choice in my opinion”

He then shrugged his shoulders as Elder Jue and the others finally recognized the fact that only his merit was included in his calculation, and not the consequences from one of the Five Great Sects.

As they discussed they reached their lodgings.

It was a rather spacious mansion on a cliff overseeing a dark ravine that during the day was filled with forest. The rooms seemed to have been cleaned and prepared beforehand, long before their arrival. It was also quite possible that the ‘disciples who were annoying Grand Elder Fu’ that Elder Miu talked about earlier were the ones who came here to prepare the mansion in anticipation of their arrival.

“I hope you will not find the stay uncomfortable.We rarely entertain guests so we are not well-versed in the art of hospitality. We would return in the morning to lead you to the sect master. Please do not leave these quarters in the meantime…”

Elder Jue wanted to add ‘for your safety as well’ but the words stuck in his throat as he was about to speak them as he just cleaned his throat.

“I will leave some sect protectors outside the gates so that no one disturbs you”

He then added as politely as possible telling them that there were eyes on them.

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