Pale Shadow stopped speaking and ignored him as if she hadn't just accused him of being too proud. She looked forward in a daze as if something interesting was happening in the empty air before her.
Again, Arthur didn't mind her weird behavior. He wasn't even surprised by it. He just took it in stride like the bigger man that he was.
The banquet continued on that note of awkward silence. The people below just went through the motions until it was time for the banquet to end. Then Pale Shadow led everyone to the Blood Skull sect.
Arthur and Pale Shadow led the way in the air while everyone else followed along on the ground. Even the junior elders at the third mortal coil who could fly had to walk on the ground in respect of the golden core elders.
They went from the banquet hall in the city outside the sect to an outpost at the edge of the sect. At this outpost, everyone from the Blood Skull sect registered their identity as visiting guests and was given a token of access.
