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A golden whip appeared in Sun Liang's hand, and there was a collective gasp from the crowd.
Bailong clutched his chest and staggered from the pressure, but he straightened when the wave had passed, and stepped out from behind Lord Xu.
Lord Xu shook his head.
"2nd Young Master Zhang, if you're stepping out from behind me, don't think of returning to that position." Lord Xu said simply.
"Ehehe." Bailong shamelessly stepped behind him again. "I'll speak from here then."
He turned back to Sun Liang, who raised a brow in waiting.
"High Immortal Sun." Bailong raised his hands and nearly linked his thumbs and curled his fingers inwards.
The salute of respect in Sky Realm!
Thankfully he caught himself and quickly cupped his hands, imitating what Lord Xu and Lord Huo did earlier.
He bowed. "Ehehe, I apologize, please put the scary whip away. As a weak human, I'd die after only one or two lashes!"
People instantly began muttering again, and Lords Huo and Xu shook their heads.
"Would such an apology work?!" The fairy demanded. "Were you deliberately trying to annoy the High Immort-?!"
"Ah, but I wasn't finished." Bailong cut in, and there was instant silence.
"I was apologizing since I don't want to die, and since I 'jumped to conclusions'. I assumed High Immortal Sun knew what I was speaking about, but he appears to be... 'innocent'."
Bailong turned to address everyone. "These days I've been studying, which is why I know what I'm about to say." He pointed at the Light tiger.
"If the Divine Light Tiger births her cub in Sky Realm, the cub would become impossible to train in Mid Realm.
"Even worse. If the tiger births her cub before her master, the Sky Emperor, it will inherit its mother's soul bond to the Sky Emperor."
There were meaningful gasps here and there, as people realized what that would mean.
"They won't be able to give the cub to disciple Xu!" Someone clarified.
"Even if they give it to her, wouldn't they be able to call it back at any time? She will never be its true master!" Another put in.
"Is this true?" Someone else asked aloud.
"How underhanded!"
"It's true!" Lord Huo's voice boomed over the rest. "I recall reading about this in my youth. In the beast clan, children inherit their mother's soul bond, if the mother's master is present at their birth!"
Weiyan glanced at Yiguang, realizing she had been trying to save her cub from forceful soul-bonding.
Lord Xu gave Sun Liang an angry glare, and so did everyone present.
Even the Elders who were against Xu Weiyan, had banded against the outside enemy.
"High Immortal Sun, first you intimidated my child, and now you want to take her prize away." Lord Xu calmly spoke. "Forgive us, we didn't realize Sky Emperor's promise was so watery.
"We can't challenge you. If Sky Realm insists on being underhanded, please go ahead."
"Yes, do as you please with us mere mortals. Go ahead and cheat us." Lord Huo added, but none of them bothered to cup their hands or bow.
Sun Liang was beyond furious.
He knew he could indeed leave, as even Lord Huo wouldn't be able to handle all the fairies present.
YOU ARE READING
The Endless Promise
FantasíaYin Xiaolong, the evil black dragon has finally been killed. But as the world rejoices over his death, he opens his eyes in the body of a human who is surprisingly identical to him. And even worse, he must marry the woman who killed him! Meanwhile...
