Apotheosis

It was actually unnecessary for Aura to display her ruthlessness, but at least she had turned the tables on her and saved Zen, who was fortunately uninjured.

Whatever Aura had done, her sole purpose was to make everyone understand that she hadn't demonstrated her true power yet because she disliked being a show-off, but anyone who dared or even tried to annoy her would undoubtedly be a target for her sharp thorns, no matter who he or she was.

"My princess, do you think you have gone a little too far..." Saint Viana choked out.

At this point, he had no choice but to stand out just to say something. After all, this entire thing was on him; even Saint Zara had become his scapegoat.

"Am I out of line?" Aura questioned back with a shake of her head. Saint Viana didn't get to respond as she immediately followed up her answer.

"In fact, I haven't asked for too much at all. Because of your wrong judgment, Zen has been nearly put to death. Now, I only require you to say sorry to him. Is that too much? As an old saying goes, a fault confessed is half redressed. My request doesn't embarrass you that much!" she exclaimed.

"Although it is advisable for you to put it that way, but look at our identities. Our position is superior to Zen's. Then, how can we..." Saint Viana tried to explain. However, Aura was not having any of that.

Before he could finish his sentence, she abruptly cut him off and said, "Viana, Zen is a disciple I have chosen in person. Just wait and see his future achievements. He will become very powerful and enjoy a fairly high position. By that time, even all of you will have to look up to him.

And so, you don't need to make any excuse for not apologizing to him just because his current identity is infe

That took up more of Zen's time and further delayed his return to Cloud Sect. Therefore, Zen got back much later than other disciples.

"Master Su, I am still confused by one thing," Zen suddenly blurted out. After a while, he asked, "Why is what happened that day presented by the Picture Slab?"

In reality, the fact that Aura had recorded everything that had happened the other day was merely a coincidence.

Zen hadn't come back from the trial for slaying demons after quite a long period. Although Aura had known from some other people like Cleve that Zen was fine and he was just held back by a master of the imperial army.

Based on Cleve's descriptions, Aura guessed that the one who had arrested Zen was Yolande.

In return, Aura couldn't do anything except to patiently wait for Zen to come back to Cloud Sect.

However, many days had passed then, but Zen still wasn't back. Aura couldn't help but worry about his safety, and even wanted to dispatch people to White Emperor City to pry into news about Zen's whereabouts.

Just then, when Aura occasionally opened her Picture Slab, she found out that she finally could track where Zen was.