"My precious disciple, are you alright?"
The old man leaped from the white dragon's head and, stroking his beard, circled around Ming Li. Upon seeing the bloodstains on her, his expression instantly darkened. He cast a cold gaze at the Enforcement Elder, "You dare bully my disciple?"
The Enforcement Elder's mind raced with disbelief. Bully? Were you blind? Didn't you see my contracted beast lying dead on the ground? Who exactly was bullying whom?!
At this moment, the old man seemed to finally notice the contracted beast on the ground. He glanced at the silver sword still stained with blood in Ming Li's hand, his mouth twitched, and disbelief flashed in his eyes. He leaned closer to Ming Li's ear and whispered, "Precious disciple, did you do this?"
Ming Li replied, "He made the first move."
The old man was speechless. This was unbelievable. He had only been in seclusion for a few years, and how had his precious disciple become so strong? To kill a contracted beast with her bare hands, and a Sacred Beast at that?!
Observing the expressionless Ming Li and the bewildered old man, a flicker of jealousy crossed Ming Yue's eyes. She stepped forward, a faint smile gracing her lips, and said to the old man beside Ming Li, "Master, elder sister probably didn't do it intentionally. Please don't scold her. However, she not only killed Senior Brother Mo Jun but also the Enforcement Elder's contracted beast. You cannot show favoritism."
Hearing this, the old man's gaze shifted to Ming Yue. Confusion flickered in his eyes. Who was this?
The old man frowned and leaned close to Ming Li's ear again, whispering, "Precious disciple, who is this?"
Ming Li's gaze fell indifferently upon Ming Yue, and she replied expressionlessly, "Ming Yue."
"Ming Yue? I think I've heard this name somewhere..." The old man stroked his beard, lost in thought.
Seeing this, Ming Yue was speechless.
After a while, the old man's eyes narrowed, and he frowned, saying, "I remember now. Isn't Ming Yue your sister? But wasn't she an ordinary person? How did she now..."
The old man detected the spiritual energy surrounding Ming Yue and raised an eyebrow, his eyes filled with doubt. He leaned close to Ming Li's ear again and whispered, "Precious disciple, how did she become a Beast Tamer?" He hadn't heard of any method in this world that could turn an ordinary person into a Beast Tamer.
Hearing this, Ming Li's face remained impassive, and she said in a level tone, "She previously stole my spirit beast egg and forcibly contracted it."
"Oh, she stole your spirit beast egg..."
"What! She stole your spirit beast egg?!"
The old man's eyes widened, and he stared directly at Ming Li, completely taken aback, his voice rising a few octaves.
Ming Li glanced indifferently at the old man, whose beard was quivering with anger, and frowned, seemingly not understanding why he had become so agitated. It was her who was wronged, so why was this old man so upset?
"You dare steal my precious disciple's spirit beast egg!"
The old man cast a cold gaze at Ming Yue and spoke.
Meeting the old man's gaze, Ming Yue instinctively took a step back, "I... it wasn't me. My father saw that elder sister really had no beast-taming talent, so he gave elder sister's spirit beast egg to me. I..."
"No beast-taming talent?"
Before Ming Yue could finish speaking, she was directly interrupted by the old man. The old man looked at Ming Yue coldly and said, word by word, "My precious disciple condensed her first spirit beast egg at the age of ten. You say she has no beast-taming talent?"
As he finished speaking, the old man forcefully opened Ming Yue's beast-taming space and released the spirit beasts within.
The next second, a small white spirit fox with nine tails appeared before everyone. The little spirit fox instinctively wanted to run towards Ming Li, but after taking two steps, it painfully collapsed on the ground, its entire aura weakening...