Chapter 1169: Belittled
"Elder Mu, how could you be so rude to Le'er's brother? If the other primordial tribes were to find out about this, then our Heavenly Fox Tribe will be ridiculed as a bunch of ungrateful thugs. You can go now, I'll attend to Fellow Daoist Han myself," the white-robed man said.
"But Chief Liu, given Le'er's current situation, this man must have sinister motives for coming here at this time!" Elder Qiu protested in an urgent voice.
"You can go now!" the white-robed man repeated in a firmer voice, and Elder Qiu could only give Han Li an indignant glare before departing.
"You've made some rapid progress in your cultivation base, Han Li. How impressive," the white-robed man remarked with a faint smile following Elder Qiu's departure.
"You're far too kind, Chief Liu Qing," Han Li replied as he cupped his fist in a respectful salute.
"Oh? You know my name?" Liu Qing asked with a surprised expression.
"I heard someone mention it in the past," Han Li replied in an ambiguous fashion, making no mention of his past experiences in the Gray Realm.
"Several of Elder Qiu's descendants were killed by human cultivators, so he's very resentful of humans. On top of that, Le'er is currently cultivating a secret technique that's vital to the upcoming blood inheritance ceremony, so he's very sensitive about anything concerning her in this crucial juncture. Please forgive him for any offense he may have caused," Liu Qing said.
"It's fine," Han Li replied with a shake of his head.
"Elder Mu may have been a little too frank with his words, but he's not wrong. Le'er is no longer the same Le'er as before. She possesses the paramount bloodline of the Heavenly Fox Tribe, and she'll ascend to even greater heights after this blood inheritance ceremony.
“You may be her brother, but that's all in the distant past, and you're a human cultivator, so you and Le'er are destined to belong to two different worlds, do you understand?" Liu Qing asked as he looked straight into Han Li's eyes.