bookandnovel Chapter 14806 Protect Your Own People
Chapter 14806 Protect Your Own People
Chapter 14806 Protect Your Own People
"Most importantly, there's Ling Xiao!"
Another elder spoke up, his brow furrowed, his tone tinged with doubt and dissatisfaction.
"Who exactly is he? His origins are unknown, and his strength is only at the lower-level master realm. Why should our entire Holy Rune Academy risk everything for him and fight for him? I think we should hand him over to ensure the peace of the Holy Rune Academy!"
The discussions grew louder, with voices of doubt, dissatisfaction, and worry mingling together, filling the entire hall with arguments.
Yao Tianji, however, sat upright in the main seat, his face calm as still water, his eyes slightly closed, not uttering a word, as if he had not heard the argument of the crowd. A faint aura of authority surrounded him, making people dare not easily approach and disturb him.
Only after everyone had argued until their throats were dry and things gradually calmed down did Yao Tianji slowly open his eyes. His gaze slowly swept over each of the high-ranking officials present, and his tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable authority: "Have you all finished speaking?"
As soon as the words were spoken, the hall fell into a deathly silence. Everyone stopped talking and turned their gazes to Yao Tianji, their expressions varied—some were dissatisfied, some were worried, some were doubtful, and some even had a hint of expectation…
They wanted to know what decision Yao Tianji would make.
“Now that you’ve finished speaking, listen to me.” Yao Tianji slowly stood up, his posture upright and his gaze firm. He spoke slowly and deliberately, “You want to know who Ling Xiao is? Fine, I’ll tell you now, and you’ll be convinced.”
He took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and spoke with increasing solemnity, each word resounding throughout the entire hall like thunder:
"He is the personal disciple of the founder Shi Wensheng, possessing the complete inheritance of the founder's sacred runes, and is the only person in the world who has the hope of creating high-grade seven-star sacred rune stones!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the hall fell into a deathly silence, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
"What?!"
"A disciple personally taught by the founder? How is that possible? Didn't the founder pass away hundreds of years ago?"
"A high-grade seven-star sacred stone? Isn't that a legendary sacred object? It hasn't appeared in the world for thousands of years. How could he possibly create it? That's absolutely impossible!"
After a brief silence, the hall erupted in chaos once more. All the high-ranking officials were shocked and disbelieving; some even jumped to their feet, their bodies trembling slightly…
The news of the patriarch's personal instruction and the high-grade seven-star sacred rune stone was too shocking and far exceeded their imagination.
Yao Tianji raised his hand in a gesture of quiet, signaling everyone to be still, and said calmly:
"I know you don't believe it, but it's all true, absolutely true. Last night, the remnant spirit of the Ancestral Master appeared and told me this in person, and also passed on all the knowledge he had gained about the Sacred Runes to Ling Xiao."
The inheritance Ling Xiao possesses is more complete than any of us could have imagined, and more refined than what I inherited.
Given enough time, he could not only reforge high-grade seven-star sacred rune stones, but might even surpass his ancestor, advancing further in the path of sacred runes and reaching unprecedented heights.
The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, their shock undiminished, their faces filled with disbelief yet forced to accept it... Yao Tianji never spoke recklessly, and besides, these were the words of the ancestral master's remnant spirit, leaving them no choice but to believe.
High-grade Seven-Star Sacred Pattern Stone.
That was a legendary sacred object, the pinnacle of the Way of Sacred Runes, possessing world-destroying power. For thousands of years, no one had ever been able to successfully refine it.
If the Holy Rune Academy can regain control of this level of Holy Rune Stone, then the Holy Rune Academy will not only be able to return to its peak, but may even surpass its former glory and become the number one power in the entire Chaotic Martial Realm and the Silent Annihilation Realm, and no one will dare to provoke it easily again!
Thinking this, the doubts and dissatisfaction in everyone's hearts were gradually replaced by excitement and anticipation. Yao Tianji looked at the changes in everyone's expressions and slowly spoke, his tone carrying a hint of rhetoric: "So, now you still think it's not worth protecting him?"
Everyone fell silent. No one raised any further questions, nor did anyone advocate handing Ling Xiao over...
Compared to the future of the Holy Rune Academy, and the allure of high-grade seven-star Holy Rune Stones, the risk of going to war with the Silent Court doesn't seem so terrible anymore.
After a moment, the white-haired old man who had first raised the question spoke first, his tone solemn and firm:
"If what the Dean says is true, then Ling Xiao should indeed be protected! The Ancestor's move must have a profound meaning; he wants Ling Xiao to lead our Holy Rune Academy back to its peak! We cannot let the Ancestor down!"
“That’s right!” Another elder immediately nodded in agreement, a determined glint in his eyes.
“Since our ancestor personally accepted him as a disciple, then Ling Xiao is one of our Sacred Rune Academy members, our junior grandmaster. Protecting our own people and safeguarding our ancestor's legacy is our duty. We cannot back down, even when facing the Silent Extinction Court!”
“But…” one of the elders still hesitated, his tone tinged with worry.
"The Silent Court has officially declared war. They are powerful and have many experts. Even if we decide to protect Lingxiao, what should we do in the face of the Silent Court's attack? We can't just sit and wait to die, can we?"
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent again, their excitement and anticipation replaced by worry... Yes, the Silent Court had declared war, and what followed was a true battle to the death, leaving them no room for complacency.
Just then, an aged yet resolute voice slowly rang out, breaking the silence of the hall: "Fight."
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a thin, white-haired old man sitting upright to one side of the hall, his expression calm yet exuding an undeniable air of authority…
It was Zhang Maoran, the most senior academy elder of the Holy Rune Academy, who was also the strongest and most prestigious person in the academy besides Yao Tianji.
Zhang Maoran slowly stood up, his gaze sweeping over everyone present, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, his tone firm and resolute:
"Rather than being passively attacked and at the mercy of others, we should take the initiative and seize the initiative! So what if the Silent Court has the Sacred Rune Tablet? They have the Sacred Rune Tablet, but we have the Soaring Sky!"
"As long as Ling Xiao can grow up smoothly and refine high-grade seven-star holy rune stones, what will the Silent Extinction Court be? Nothing but a worthless piece of trash!"
He turned to Yao Tianji and solemnly offered his suggestion:
"Dean, I suggest we act immediately and prepare for battle. On one hand, we should send out the academy's top experts to secretly kill the disciples and deacons of the Silent Court who are training outside, thus weakening their new forces and peripheral influence;
On the other hand, we sent people to contact those forces that had previously benefited from the Academy and expressed their support for us, in order to win over more allies and strengthen our power.
At the same time, all resources of the academy were mobilized, and all Saint Rune Masters were organized to produce Saint Rune Stones with all their might, enhancing the overall strength of the academy's disciples and experts, and making full preparations for the upcoming war.