The Shi Family Ancestor was not exactly heartless, or he would never have thought to stand up for his little brother.
But True Immortal Niu had provoked someone he should not have provoked, and when it was time to offer a sacrifice, he could not blame his big brother... This was the Jianghu.
Qu Jianlei was a little surprised, but he did not dwell on it too much. "At least you know what's good for you. Just pay two Five Elements Sources."
"Could it be... one?" the Shi Family Ancestor asked carefully. "I really don't have any!"
He felt he had already been decisive enough. As long as the other party was not especially unreasonable, there should always be some room for discussion, right?
"One? You sure think highly of yourself!" Qu Jianlei glanced at him, then flashed straight back into the Flying Shuttle.
"This... what is this supposed to mean?" The Shi Family Ancestor looked helplessly toward True Immortal Zhongming. He truly could not figure it out.
Was the other party agreeing, or refusing?
Seeing this, True Immortal Feihong could not help speaking up. "How can you be this stupid?"
"No matter how many you end up compensating, you must publicly declare it was two... understand?"
"I understand," the Shi Family Ancestor said, grasping it instantly. This was about preserving the other party's face.
At least one Source was a must. As for all the other aspects, anyone who needed smoothing over would have to be smoothed over.
But that was all easy enough. Problems that spirit stones could solve were not problems at all, unlike Sources, which were hard to buy even with money!
As for the Shi family's face—even Zhong Xuan's senior brother had come and not dared say much, so what face was there left to