Bu Suanzi was a smart man, and he was also a man who understood the situation.
If Lu Chengwen kept blooming one flower, two flowers, three or four flowers, and went on blooming like this, no one here would be able to keep him under control.
They could not keep fighting. If they were wiped out here, then things would truly become a joke.
Besides, Medicine Elder and Jiang Xiaohu were still standing off to the side. Who knew when those two would stab them in the back?
Bu Suanzi's original plan had been for the three elders to suppress the three insignificant figures, win in grand fashion, and then smile as he said to Medicine Elder, "Oh, Senior, what do you think we should do about this? In front of so many people, if I just let them go like this, it'll be hard for me to explain when I get back. Besides, you can't afford to lose face either. Everyone knows you're a true man of your word, a great hero."
So Bu Suanzi's plan all along had been to negotiate with Medicine Elder.
But Medicine Elder had his own pride.
Negotiate with me? Who the hell do you think you are?
If every tiny little matter needs me to personally show up, if every Tom, Dick, and Harry needs me to personally respond and deal with them, then where's my prestige?
Wouldn't the name of me, Old Medicine Jar, be far too cheap?
Medicine Elder's thinking was that as long as those three could win, even if it was a miserable victory, Jiang Xiaohu would step in immediately!
I won't tear all pretense with your Elder Council either. If I go against you now, with my temper, I really might smash your Elder Council to pieces in