To the disciples of the True Martial Sect, they were inherently superior to the martial practitioners of the Central Plains. Although they were traveling through the region under the banner of righteousness—ostensibly to slay demons and gain experience—they felt that the martial dynasties of the Central Plains owed them a debt of gratitude for helping to purge the monsters within their borders.
The fact that the martial practitioners of the Central Plains lived alongside commoners only served to reinforce this sense of superiority among the True Martial Sect disciples. Consequently, they took it for granted that once they entered the Shen’an Imperial Palace, Emperor Li Longyuan would be obliged to host them with the utmost hospitality, as a gesture of respect toward their sect.
Guan Ningfu spoke up, "What is the point of seeing the old emperor? For all we know, Li Longyuan might be preparing to lead his army to the front lines by now. We would be better off heading to the Chan-yin Temple in the western suburbs of the imperial city to see if that little devil Chen Xuan is still there. Rumor has it that a year ago, Chen Xuan returned to the Southwest and stirred up a storm of blood, even gravely wounding an envoy from the Yitian Ten Thousand Swords Sect. By the time that news reached our Northern Wasteland, it had split into a dozen different versions. Since we are passing through the Sacred Tang, we might as well head to the Chan-yin Temple and find out the truth."
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