If it hadn't been the swordlords who had spoken up, Tianming wouldn't even have bothered with them. Not only did they want the grade-eight divine herb, they expected him to prostrate and humble himself before them. By the time he was almost gone, the Rain Swordlord snickered and said, "You have quite some spunk, child. Enough. We know you’re impressive for being able to join the Sky Palace, and that you don't have to respect seniors like us as well. However, even Sky Palace disciples have to speak sense. According to our agreement with the Azuresoul Palace, all divine herbs are to be gathered together before being split, no exceptions. Nine-tenths of your grade-eight divine herb belongs to our sect. The chief instructor can only give you a tenth, so you must return the rest."

Long Wanying and the rest intelligently said nothing, leaving it all to Tianming. If they did, it would spark a conflict between the Xuanyuan Dragonn Sect and Empyrean Sword Sect. But they didn't, so now the Empyrean Sword Sect only really had...