Tongtian had originally wanted to mediate the misunderstanding between Yuanshi, Taishang, and Chen Mu, but now it seemed he had been thinking far too simply.
He harbored no greed toward China, but the others were different.
He had originally thought Yuanshi and Taishang merely wanted Saintly Dao Fruits, but now it seemed their ambitions went far beyond that. They had set their sights directly on China's ability to produce Saintly Dao Fruits.
He had thought they merely wanted the golden eggs, but they actually wanted to seize the goose that laid them. That meant the conflict between the two sides could not possibly be reconciled.
His familiarity with Yuanshi and Taishang made Tongtian understand that no one could make those two put aside the greed in their hearts.
Tongtian had thought himself greedy enough, directly arranging for his disciples to go to China and earn Saintly Dao Fruits through their own abilities. Yet these two were even worse—they actually wanted to pull the rug out from under them and seize someone else's technology outright.
Sigh, having brothers like these sometimes gave Tongtian quite a headache.
Yuanshi was openly trying to rob them, which was actually perfectly normal in the Honghuang World. It was the law of survival there. But compared to Yuanshi's "forthrightness," wasn't Taishang being far too sanctimonious?
He kept claiming to be detached and inactive, but that was only because the benefits had never been enough to move him.
Now that such immense benefits lay before him, Taishang dropped the act and fixed his gaze directly on the enormous prize that was China.
Taishang was indeed acting exactly as he had said. Even now, he still wanted to drag Tongtian into this, hoping to persuade him to join Yuanshi and himself in claiming China's ability for their own.