"If I ever had a choice, I wouldn't take that risk, would I? I don't want to be a sworn enemy to those two powerful clans.
"If I had another choice, I wouldn't have… I wouldn't want to be an enemy to the two clans, would I? I just… I thought maybe I could seize the good luck. If I got through the barrier in my cultivation, I could solve things out… Well, if I failed, I died…"
Chihuo sighed. It seemed he became much older now.
Ye Xiao was surprised. "Why is it all just you? The Seven Colored Lords are seven men. You share the same honor. You should be close to each other, and they should help you get the essence of dragons and phoenixes. It should be possible. If the seven of them went to the Purple Dragon King and the Golden Phoenix King for a favor, they might offer you something. I don't think you have to take the essence of their royal blood. You could try some ordinary essence as well. Why did you do it in such an extreme way?"