She turned to Horace Valerius, her expression exceedingly solemn: "Uncle Hawthorne, it is not that Willow is disrespectful. But abolishing the ritual sacrifice shakes the very foundations of our clans—should there be any doubt about this envoy's identity, would the whole of Aetheria not become a laughingstock? The Dragon Clan's ancestral Sacred Land is the place closest to the divine. Why not seize this opportunity, and ask this so-called 'envoy' to commune with the Beast God before all, asking for a proclamation from the god? That would silence all doubts and prove her words are not false."
Diane Snow also nodded slightly, her voice clear and cold as a mountain spring: "You are right, Sister Willow. The identity of the Divine Envoy is of great significance, touching the core of our faiths. If she could commune with the Beast God outside the Sacred Ground and manifest a miracle, none would dare doubt her again. Otherwise…"
She left her words unfinished, but the meaning was evident.
