"Good to see you all! Chief Zenith, Dominant Top Elder and other Elders!" Ricky said politely as he was suspended in midair by Zenith's power.
Ricky felt contented at their shocked faces, especially the dismay on Boris' and Elder Logan's face.
It was certain that these people had completely expected that he would end up dead. But now he had returned, safe and sound. It was easy to see they were so astonished.
"Ricky, how come you're not dead!?" Elder Evan and other Elders asked in disbelief, their eyes wide open.
"Do you all want me dead so badly?" Ricky responded with a faint smile. His eyes swept over Boris, who looked utterly displeased.
"Ha-ha, well like I've observed before. Since you have mastered the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula, there was no way you would die at the Blizzard Cliff!" Elder Mateo laughed, reacting first.
"Ricky, please tell us how did you survive these past two months?" Elder Abbott was very curious.
"I luckily found a cave, which was too small for the fierce beasts to enter. So I survived there," Ricky answered with a smile.
"A cave? You were so fortunate!"
"All right. Since Ricky has returned unharmed, I think we should start leaving the Blizzard Cliff," Zenith said to the Elders at that time.
Then Zenith, Ricky and several Elders left first. Boris and the three others remained.
"Dominant Top Elder, it's impossible! There have never been caves on the Blizzard Cliff!" Elder Logan said indignantly.
"I know. Zenith must have given Ricky something to help him survive. I should have thought about that!" Boris said angrily.
"But it's no big deal. He's just a Blood Purification warrior, after all! Zenith is not in control of everything. It's not the end of our plans. As for his real strength, only time will tell.
What you should do now is to recruit more disciples, especially core disciples and disciples at a high grade of Blood Purification! Focus on this!"
"Yes, understood." Elder Logan and the two others nodded.
......
The moment Ricky stepped foot in the Snow Sect, everyone who saw him lost their minds.
They hadn't expected that Ricky would survive. An uproar of voices filled the air again, heated discussions left and right.
Ricky ignored the noise. After coming down from the Zenith Mountain, he went straight to his courtyard.
Grace met him with concerned scolding. If Ricky hadn't acted impulsively and let his temper get the best of him, nothing would have happened and Grace wouldn't have been so worried about him for two months!
Ricky accepted Grace's criticism graciously, knowing that she was angry because she cared for him.
Then Ricky told Grace what he had been thinking. He wanted to establish a faction within the Snow Sect. And his goal was clear- he wanted to have a faction that would stand up against the Casting and Refinement Factions.
Now that he was at the fifth grade of the Blood Purification, he could manage to get a foothold in the Snow Sect.
So he wanted to found a faction. It would be quite impossible for him to fight the two factions that hated him all by himself.
"You want to build a faction!?" Grace said with disbelief. Her disciple was proving to be even more and more ambitious!
"Yes, Master," Ricky acknowledged with a nod.
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