This tactic filled him with dread.
"Who am I?" Jiang Ning retorted, then continued, "Dongling County Sixth Rank Patrol Envoy, Jiang Ning!"
"Dongling County Patrol Envoy..." The Supreme Elder of the Five Sword Sect gave a bitter smile.
Then he implored, "Envoy, could you spare the disciples of the Five Sword Sect a chance for survival?"
Jiang Ning looked at him, and instead of answering, he asked, "Is there no other foundation left in the Five Sword Sect? Just you, a Grandmaster weakened by age and decline?"
Upon hearing the tone in Jiang Ning's words, the Supreme Elder immediately gave a bitter smile.
"For any sect to have a Grandmaster is a great fortune."
"I achieved Grandmaster status through happenstance and fate; if given another chance, I'm not confident I could reach the same heights again."
Listening to the Supreme Elder's seemingly truthful tone.
And within the Divine Sense's coverage, he detected no anomalies, so he roughly believed the explanation.
