Chapter 317: Delegating Ultimate Responsibility?
As Benton grew to trust his sect members’ abilities more and more, he got a lot better about delegating. It was the night before he was to Teleport the entire contingent to Sixth Flawless Flowing City, and he didn’t have a single thing he needed to do. Yang Xiu, with copious help from Sun Hua, had the logistics well in hand.
As was becoming one of his occasional habits, he summoned Yuan Yaozu for a chat. The Nascent Soul was the only person around he could really talk to, someone who understood the burdens of leadership and the lure of power. Someone with experience who came from having lived a long life.
Benton chuckled. He was actually the spring chicken compared to that old man.
Their conversation ambled from topic to topic for a while before Yuan Yaozu brought up the subject Benton had been expecting.
“You should take me with you.”
“Who would guard the sect?”
“No one. It doesn’t matter,” Yuan Yaozu said. “You’re the target.”
Benton sighed. “I don’t want to risk it. I don’t even like leaving the branch sect with only Fatty Ren to protect them.” Benton sighed. “I should have extracted a promise like yours from Duan Lan.”
“You’re unbelievable! If she were available, you’d have her sitting in Vermillion Incomparable Rain Town, wouldn’t you?”
Benton shrugged.
“All the information we have, the information Zou Tian dug up for us,” Yuan Yaozu said, “tells us that the Swift Blizzard Sect is fully allied with the Jade Chameleons. You know what that means.”
“More people that I have to kill.” Benton let a bit more frustration seep into his tone than he intended.