Chapter 3187 A Strange Request

Cailen couldn't hide the nervousness in his face. Noticing his expression, Zen gave him a slight, soothing smile. "This is a reward from Master Goran," he said lightly.

"A—a reward?"

Cailen stammered. Instead of being reassured, his doubts intensified. Even Gant looked disbelieving.

Although the Seven Mountains Meeting had been a heated and intense event, only warriors of the mountains belonging to the Oneness Sky Palace were allowed to attend. Most of the people in Dragon City simply weren't qualified to know anything about the meeting.

So while Gant and Cailen had both heard of the Seven Mountains Meeting, neither of them was familiar with what happened during the event. They didn't know who won first place.

Naturally, they didn't believe that Goran would just give Zen a premium Other Shore Treasure.

"A premium Other Shore Treasure is precious, even to someone like Master Goran. Why should he give it to you?" asked Cailen in a bewildered tone.

Dozens of ideas crossed his mind one after the other.

The Shade Stone was solid and all but indestructible. Indeed, across the entire Bloom Divine Province, no one but the Su Clan had the ability to melt the stone and remake it into a weapon. If Zen had gotten this sword in an unethical way, he could only ask the Su Clan for help.

Cailen could help Zen. But if his suspicion was true and Goran knew about it, how could the Su Clan be able to survive the consequences?

Zen could tell from their anxious expressions what they were worried about. He smiled again and said, "I won the championship during the Seven Mountains Meeting. This sword is the reward given to me by Goran for my victory. Do you doubt my word?"

"You won first place at Seven Mountains Meeting?" Cailen said incredulously, his eyes opening wide.

Gant opened and closed his mouth like a fish, looking astonished. "Flag Master, you participated in the Seven Mountains Meeting? And won?"

Some members of the Su Clan were also disciples of the Oneness Sky Palace, but none of them had been qualified to participate in the Seven Mountains Meeting.

Cailen and Gant were amazed. Zen had been a disciple of the palace for a much shorter period of time compared to the Su Clan members, but now he had been invited to the Seven Mountains Meeting, and he had even won first place! It was incredible.

"My master was well qualified not only to attend the Seven Mountains Meeting, but to win first place against everyone else. Why are you so surprised?" Trish interjected, grinning.

Cailen coughed to cover his awkwardness.

He gazed at Zen and felt that he had to revise his entire opinion of him.

However, he could not quell the last tiny shred of doubt in his mind. He believed Zen was much more powerful than himself, but these claims were all just based on Zen's words. He could have planned an elaborate lie in advance.

However, Zen's n

ng, 'That's true, I didn't think of that...'

The next day, Cailen went to Zen and asked him if he could wait for a little while. Cailen told him he needed a few days to prepare the Nine Edges Weapon Refining Array.

Zen agreed. He could afford to be patient, and he knew that melting the Shade Stone would be a long and slow process.

While Zen waited, Gant took him and Trish to see the best places in Su City. They enjoyed their impromptu tour very much, although they were also eager to get updates from Cailen.

Three days later, the transmission array located in the northern area of the Dragon City became very busy.

During the first days of May, every year, the disciples of the great clans in the Bloom Divine Province returned home.

So would the disciples of the seven mountains.

Marco knew his arrival in the Clear Lake would be unexpected. Though some members of Marco's clan were still in Clear Lake, their main line had its roots in the Oneness Sky Palace. Those who remained in Clear Lake were from the insignificant branches of the clan.

Marco had only visited Clear Lake once, when he was young. When he came to visit this time, all the Xu Clan's branches in the city gathered to give him a proper greeting.

It was a grand scene, but Marco did not seem to be enjoying the attention. His face was cold as frost. His three gloomy guards were equally stone-faced.

He wasn't here for the Ripple Pavilion competition.

In the wake of his humiliating defeat in the Flow Sword Sect, Marco began regretting the impulse that had driven him there. Of course, Zen was a member of the Flow Sword Sect now and they would stand united against outsiders. It had been very foolish of him to go to that sect to make trouble for Zen.

Yet, upon discovering that Zen was also at Clear Lake, all the old resentment flared up again. He realized that fate had given him another opportunity, one he couldn't pass up.