Meanwhile, Rocky's stories were quite popular among everyone in the Wild Spirit Land. His adventures caught the spiritual race's attention and got them curious as to what the young Prince Crimson of the Holy Dragon Empire was like. The news that Rocky had lifted the curses from both Marcia and Alyssa especially piqued everyone's interest.
"What can I say? I'm flattered," Rocky replied easily.
"Preceptor Felicia, may we know why you brought Prince Crimson here?" the matriarch of the Phoenix Master Clan asked at once as she placed her eyes at Felicia.
"I heard that the Phoenix Master Clan's legendary guardian beast is in danger, and even you and the other elders do not know how to help the beast. Therefore, I thought that maybe we can let Prince Crimson have a try..." Felicia replied directly.
"Preceptor Felicia, let me remind you that this is our clan's own business, and the last thing we need is outsiders meddling with our internal matters. Furthermore, even we can't find a solution. How can we expect a mere human to help us with our problem?" one of the elders interrupted and questioned with an unforgiving face.
Hearing this argument, the other elders and the ordinary spiritual beings also nodded in agreement. To them, Prince Crimson's power was not important, for he was still nothing but an insignificant human. They believed that since the spiritual race could not find a way, then the much weaker humans would most likely have no chance at all.
Despite hearing these doubts, Rocky remained calm, as his eyes were fixed at the matriarch all the time.
Meanwhile, the matriarch looked right into Rocky's eyes and said thoughtfully, "Perhaps, we can let him have a try."
Hearing this brought a shock to the faces of the elders and the ordinary spiritual beings. It was out of their expectation that their matriarch would even consider giving this human a chance.
"Are you certain you can cure the beast?" the matriarch asked Rocky earnestly.
"I can't say for sure until I get a closer look at it," Rocky responded candidly.
"Matriarch, are you really sure you want this human to..." A surprised spiritual master raised the question immediately with her voice full of disbelief.
The other elders and the ordinary spiritual beings also stood up and exchanged looks of disapproval.
"But we have tried many methods, and none of them worked. How can we just sit still and wait for death to claim our beloved beast?" the matriarch said in disappointment. The clock was ticking, and the seal on the beast would lose its effect soon. If they couldn't figure out a way to save it, they would be facing some unimaginable consequences.
"But matriarch, how in the world can a human cure it? In addition, he might spread the news about the existence of our legendary guardian beast. If the news goes out, it will be absolutely detrimental to our entire clan," an elder questioned.
After the elder raised her concern, the whole hall began to burst with skeptical voices.
On the other hand, Rocky was able to hear all of their concerns regarding his abilities and his identity. However, he chose to stay calm amidst their judgment against him.
"Enough! Silence," the matriarch shouted after having enough of doubts from the elders.
At once, everyone stopped talking, and the entire hall fell into silence.
"Nevertheless, let him have a try." In fact, the matriarch didn't place much hope on Rocky, but it seemed that she just didn't want to give up. After all, it was not easy to obtain a legendary guardian beast, so they really needed to do everything in their power to save it.
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