The Master of Beasts-Chapter 616 - 165: The Elders’ Dispute

Five Elements Hall

Shen Boyi looked at the quarrelling Supreme Elders with a particularly gloomy expression. A month ago, he had already reported the suspected Evil Ghost Origin situation, but these old, near-immortal men insisted on suppressing it.

"Liu Tai, you are now the Sect Master, you tell us how to handle this!" The Supreme Elder, Lie Xu, with hair and eyebrows as bright red as if he were a powder keg about to explode, shouted loudly.

"Lie Xu, this isn't your Grotto Heaven, nor is it your Lie Family!" Opposite Lie Xu stood the Supreme Elder Wen Qing, dressed in all water-blue.

"Wen Qing, you sissy, are you unhappy with me? Have the guts to challenge me one-on-one!" Lie Xu rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight.

"Haha, brute." Wen Qing's face turned black, and he sat back down disdainfully.

In truth, Wen Qing couldn't beat Lie Xu. There was no way to compete with that old man's natural affinity for the Fire Dao. Who knows to what extent he has reached now, despite not being able to kill him, he could still give him a good beating.

Looking at the grand hall as messy as a marketplace, Liu Tai also had a headache. The Five Elements Sect differed from other sects; the Supreme Elders of the Five Elements Sect always liked to jump around a bit, so the Golden Immortal Elders, at the real core, held no high status, like children serving dishes.

"Cough, cough, can you set your matters aside for a moment?" Liu Tai asked, steeling himself.

"Boom"

Lie Xu pressed against Liu Tai's face, his bright red eyes staring intently at Liu Tai: "I know Liu Gangdang is your mentor, you're indebted to him, but you must understand that you are now the Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect!"

The flames generated by Lie Xu's breath scorched Liu Tai's face, emitting a pungent smell of burning.

"I understand, Elder Lie. Though I'm young, I'm not oblivious to right and wrong!" Liu Tai said, face serious.

Stepping back a bit, Liu Tai said in a deep voice: "I will have the Supreme Elders of the Sect Master lineage restrain Liu Gangdang, and as for what to do next, shall we discuss it later?"

"Fine." Wen Qing said blandly, cultivators of the Water Dao tend to have good tempers, so Wen Qing was the first to agree.

Of course, Liu Gangdang's background was not ordinary, he himself was a Daluo, it was impossible to casually execute him.

Otherwise, if it were another Daluo, never mind Daluo being hard to kill, even if a Daluo didn't die, if they angered the masses, they would be sealed until death.

Seeing this matter temporarily settle, Liu Tai exhaled deeply, simultaneously fuming inside, wondering who let Liu Gangdang out, even provided him with a small world ascension pathway, and even more unfortunate still, it was from a small world under Lie Xu's subordinates, it's simply maddening!

"Shen Boyi, tell us about your matter." Liu Tai beckoned.

Shen Boyi hurriedly stepped forward, first saluting the numerous Supreme Elders, then began reporting the information on the suspected Evil Ghost Origin.

"That's how it is."

"What, it's been a month, Liu Tai, how can you be Sect Master like this, spreading such dangerous things, why haven't you inspected it earlier!" Lie Xu, clearly one to shirk responsibility, threw accusations both fast and precise.

On the side, Wen Qing coughed awkwardly twice, smiled warmly at Shen Boyi, and said: "Why don't we go take a look?"

"I'm not going, I'm old, I don't want to go out." Luo Wanyue, wearing a dirt-yellow tattered robe, like an old man withering away, slowly rose to bid farewell.

For a Daluo, even if evil ghosts appeared again, it would be just that. If worst came to worst, escape with the family was always an option, what's the big deal.

"Old Luo, wait for me, my Hundred Dragon Wine has been hidden for a hundred thousand years, let's have a drink together."

"Together, together, hundred-thousand-year-old good wine, just thinking about it makes my mouth water."

As these seventy and eighty-year-old Supreme Elders left, soon only four were left in the hall.

Lie Xu actually didn't want to get involved either, but having spoken so righteously earlier, leaving now would make him look bad, wouldn't it?

"Why don't we go take a look?" Lie Xu whispered.

"Then let's go together." Liu Tai decided.

.......

"Gaa, gaa, gaa"

The Ghost Crow gulped down Yin Qi, its body, originally just a bit larger than a regular crow, swelled to twice its size, black feathers showing specks of Yin Qi, its aura growing numerous times colder, with cultivation significantly enhanced.

The Yin Snake didn't change as drastically, but its stealth ability strengthened so much that even in plain sight, it was difficult to spot, and even Divine Sense could only vaguely detect its presence.

"Yin Snake, Ghost Crow?"

When Liu Tai and the others reached the sealed location, they saw the two little creatures before them.

"Interesting, I've long heard from the clan's young ones about the sect having an outstanding Beast Master, and one who ascended from the Lower Realm." Lie Xu's eyes shone with a fiery gleam.

The area the Lie Family occupied was essentially a place of extreme heat, with terrains like volcanic mountains and lava rivers; most clan members were Artifact Refiners, and their fighting technique abilities were generally weak. If they had a Beast Taming Master of exceptional ability to equip each clan member with a Guardian Beast, that seemed quite nice!

"Cough cough, Lie Xu, such trivial matters can wait for later, let's assess the situation here first, I sense something different." Wen Qing said, his expression grave.

"Elder Wen, do you feel the same?" Liu Tai furrowed his brow.

From the moment they descended, Liu Tai felt as though something had glanced at him, but upon careful search, there wasn't a trace; this was impossible, as Shen Boyi's sealing, despite being a Golden Immortal's work, shouldn't obstruct a Daluo's probing.

"Why worry so much, let me go in and have a look!" Hot-tempered Lie Xu jumped over directly.