The Story Never Ends

Davion closely followed behind Thaddeus as they went to the inn. In his way, he has been observing the expression of the Sect Master.

Sect Master should have been happy after winning. But he looked more worried than the previous days.

"He has been acting this way since speaking with the elder of the Flame Blossom Sect."

"I thought that he would question me about the spiritual artifact that I used. But it looks like he doesn't care about it or might have even forgotten." Davion pondered.

While he was thinking, they had already reached the inn. It was really big and had many storeys. He used his Mind-Eye and saw that the people staying here were all cultivators.

"It looks like it might have been specially built for the Conference."

He followed the Sect Master to the second storey and there were four rooms in there. Thaddeus came to one of the doors and knocked on it.

After a few seconds, the door was opened. It was Isla who had opened it. Seeing Thaddeus, she exclaimed, "Sect Master!"

Thaddeus nodded and entered the door with Davion behind him. Inside the room, Hendrix, wearing bandages all over his body, was resting on the bed.

"How is he?" Thaddeus asked.

"He woke up earlier, but…." Isla didn't know how to continue.

"But what?" Thaddeus sternly asked.

"He looked very disappointed and kept blaming himself for the loss. He even felt ashamed to show his face. It looked like he was on the verge of mental breakdown." Isla slowly spoke while keeping her head down.

Thaddeus sighed looking at Hendrix, "It was not his fault."

Then he suddenly smiled, "You don't have to worry about the sect. Your junior brother managed to beat Arian earlier. Then they gave up the last round."

Before he could finish speaking, Isla exclaimed loudly, "Is this true?"

Then she immediately covered her mouth in fear of disturbing Hendrix.

Davion looked at her and nodded his head.

"I…" Isla was completely flabbergasted. She couldn't believe it and looked at Thaddeus waiting for an answer.

"Indeed, this is true. Now we don't have to worry about our grounds being taken. Tell this to Hendrix after he wakes up. He should feel good about it and might recover faster."

"Yes, I understand." Isla smiled.

Thaddeus was about to leave the room after saying this but he suddenly stopped and reminded them "Our work here is finished. We will be leaving later at night. As for Davion, you come to my room in an hour. It is just the opposite of here. I have some things to tell you."

Without waiting for their reply, he closed the door and left.

"Why is Sect Master in a hurry? We always left after the conference ended." Isla was confused and asked Davion.

Davion shook his head.

"Junior brother, why don't you tell me what happened after I left? I want to know how you managed to beat Arian." Isla looked excited and caught Davion's arm. She didn't want Davion to leave without answering her.

Seeing this, he had no choice but to explain all these.

***

Davion stood outside the room of the Sect Master. He had some ideas why the Sect Master called him up.

"It might be about the task that he had given me." He thought while knocking on the door.

"You can enter." A calm voice came from inside.

Davion slowly opened the door and entered the room. Thaddeus was looking outside the windows with his hands behind his back.

He didn't turn back but rather looking outside the window, he asked, "You might be wondering why I called you here?"

"Yes." Davion bowed.

"I am very proud of you because of your performance. Not only you but Hendrix too. We won today and secured our grounds. But this is not the thing I wanted to talk to you about. It's the task that I have given you."

"Do you remember what I told you that day?" Thaddeus asked.

"You told me to only open the ring after the conference ends. The thing I need to do is inside it." Davion replied.

"Good. You can open it tomorrow morning. We will be leaving towards the sect after a couple of hours. But you will stay here and rest for today."

"You can only return after you complete your task. Now, you can leave."

Davion nodded and left the room.

Only after Davion left did he turn back. His eyes were wet, "I had many things I wanted to say to you. But I couldn't say it. You really impressed me today."

"You are the most talented disciple that I have ever seen in my life. Even when I was roaming the inner region. This outer region is too small for you. Hope you can become a great cultivator after leaving this place." He sighed.

***

Outside the inn, in a corner, there were two people keeping an eye on the second storey of the inn. They were wearing dark red robes and had sabers on their back.

One of them said, "It is really boring to keep an eye on them."

The other replied in an angry tone, "It's all because of the Flame Blossom Sect, they were too useless. The elder looked really angry today."

"Yeah, I don't know what the elders want from this lowly sect. He even asked for us to stay here until they leave."

"Don't talk about these things. We should just focus on our task."

"Yes"