The old man said, "Ranxing, the situation is different from before. No one could have expected the Hellfiend clan to suffer such enormous losses! If this hadn't happened, the Valley Master wouldn't even have come out of seclusion. And if you don't stand up for Little Yue, once Hongtian comes out, he'll blame you again. You brothers are already this old—I don't want you to keep fighting. Better to let him redirect his anger at me and continue resenting this old bag of bones. I only hope that after I die, you brothers will truly put the Sui Shen clan first and stop giving outsiders opportunities." The old man sighed.
"Yes, Father! I definitely won't let down your high expectations." Saint Ancestor Ranxing gritted his teeth. After a pause, he added, "The problem is, if you summon Li Tianming back, what about Little Yue?"
"He is bound to resent someone in the end. This matter requires a sacrifice, and it can only be him. I plan to compensate him with a minor Myriad Cosmos-class heavenly artifact. That alone can bring a tremendous change to his current situation. Even Hellfiend Qiangming of the Hellfiend clan became a Saint Ancestor without possessing such a weapon."
"A minor Myriad Cosmos-class? That compensation is indeed enough. Little Yue should be able to find some balance in his heart, then." Saint Ancestor Ranxing nodded.
In any case, the old man would handle everything that followed. Even if Sui Shen Hongtian became even more unbalanced, he would direct it at the old man. Ranxing had already passed judgment on Li Tianming.
"Mhm. As long as you understand the undercurrents surging through Myriadpath Valley, that is enough. The Hellfiend clan's devastating losses have indeed created a new shift in the situation."
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