Jed narrowed his eyes and sized Fane up again. It was a pure coincidence they ran into each other and besides, what happened to them had nothing to do with the Dual Sovereign Pavilion, but in the end, they still accepted his offer.
In the cave, they started a fire to keep Albion warm. Those with cultivation normally were not affected by heat or coldness but Albion was seriously injured and the surrounding temperature was decreasing inexplicably, thus they had to start a fire.
The three introduced themselves briefly when they arrived in the cave. They were all informal disciples of the Thousand Leaves Pavilion. Fane was puzzled by this. In the Dual Sovereign Pavilion, a final stage
of innate level disciple would already be promoted to a formal disciple but in the Thousand Leaves Pavilion, they would have to remain as an informal disciple. It must be due to the latter pavilion being a fourth-grade pavilion.
Albion was in an unconscious state because of his injuries. Jed and Dwight tended to his wound simply and wiped away the bloodstain on his face. With furrowed brows, they took out all the spirited herbs from their storage ring to give Albion.
Jed was a little agitated. "Those *ssholes! I will avenge Brother Albion no matter what!'
Dwight nodded gravely. "I'll make a report about this once we're back in the Thousand Leaves Pavilion. They'll surely take this matter seriously.”
Fane and Nash glanced at each other then Fane coughed lightly and asked, "If you don't mind me asking, what happened?
He realized that they would not tell him anything if it concerned the grudge between two Clan associations or something confidential, but he was just too curious.
Jed took one look at him and said, "It's nothing to hide about. We had a run-in with the people from Corpse Pavilion."
Fane's expression changed when he heard this. He unknowingly raised his voice when he asked, "Corpse Pavilion? Disciples from the fourth-grade Corpse Pavilion?"
Jed nodded, undisguised anger all over his face as if he could not wait to annihilate the entire Corpse Pavilion. "Yes, them, alright. What's more, I don't think they’re your average disciples because the leader of the group is already at the spring solidifying level.
Fane's expression changed again. It was no wonder they were so badly injured. It was pure miracle that they had survived under the attack of a spring solidifying level fighter.
However, Fane had another question in his mind. "The Corpse Pavilion is in the south of the West Cercie State and their sphere of influence is not here. How was it possible for them to come over when there is Mount Beasts with its overbearing monsters situated in between?”
Dwight exhaled heavily. "We were surprised to see them here too. After all, in so many years, they would not have come here unless the Thousand Leaves Pavilion invited them. Mount Beasts acts as a natural regional barrier that perfectly separates the Corpse Pavilion from the Thousand Leaves Pavilion. We never thought that they would suddenly appear since the forces on both sides are too far apart and there is no border between them."
Fane had read about the Corpse Pavilion when flipping through the classics. In the classics, the Corpse Pavilion was described as an ambitious and ruthless Clan association. Although this Clan association was extremely dangerous, due to the existence of the Mount Beasts, there was no direct conflict of interest between the two pavilions.
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