"Nalan Ye, you..."
Red Fire Elder glared at me furiously. He had been present when the medicinal ingredients were borrowed and had heard everything clearly. Now that the ingredients had been lent to them, they wanted to go back on their word?
However, he suddenly noticed my small gesture and paused slightly, his rebuke dying in his throat.
I cupped my hands slightly toward Red Fire Elder. "Red Fire Elder, you are truly being unreasonable here. Put yourself in my shoes—if I forcibly shoved a disciple onto you, would you be willing to accept him?"
"Exactly!"
Xiao Yan nodded, his face still filled with indignation. Burning Flame Valley was a sect that specialized in fire attributes. Once they obtained the Flame Mantra, the threat they posed to him would be far too great!
Red Fire Elder blinked and stroked his beard. "Many Dou Zhe take disciples. Venerable Yao already has two disciples. As long as this disciple is exceptionally talented, kind-hearted, filial, and respectful toward his teacher, why should he refuse?"
Inside the hall, the Burning Flame Valley Elders all echoed him. "That is right. The person sent by Burning Flame Valley will certainly possess excellent talent and character, and will be filial and obedient toward Venerable Yao. We ask that Wind Venerable not refuse."
"Absurd!"
I shouted angrily, sweeping a cold gaze across the many Burning Flame Valley Elders opposite me. "Yao Lao ended up in his current state entirely because his eldest disciple, Han Feng, colluded with the Hall of Souls and secretly attacked him... Who knows whether the person Burning Flame Valley sends will be cut from the same cloth?"
Red Fire Elder spoke with righteous conviction. "Nalan Young Master, that is quite a thing to say. The character of whoever Burning Flame Valley sends will naturally