"What the enemy wants us to do is precisely what we must not do!"
"Since Bird Master became the highest leader here and the person in charge of overall affairs, taking over the Dragon Master's position... now that the sky is falling, they should be the ones to bear it. They should charge ahead and tell everyone, 'Follow me!' instead of morally blackmailing us with, 'Get up there!'"
Faced with Bird Master's instigation, Danzhu remained unmoved. Under enormous pressure from the Outside World, he stabilized morale within and held a meeting to emphasize the main line.
The Dragon Master's ministers carried out his will, righteous and indignant as they refuted Bird Master's arrangements. They also proposed another solution, using it as the basis for their side's argument.
"Every field has its own specialty, but there are also marvelous principles of mutual generation and suppression."
"Those capable of controlling floods aren't limited to the Dragon Master!"
"In ancient times, there was the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, also known as the clash between water and fire."
"The Dragon Clan could command the Four Seas and mobilize the seven innate true waters, boiling heaven and earth and eroding the land... Could the Phoenix Lineage really do nothing about it?"
"Didn't they break them one by one with the seven innate true flames?"
"Now, the Dragon Ancestor has departed, but the Phoenix Ancestor still lives. The Bird Master lineage was given its name precisely because the Dharma body of the first Phoenix Ancestor descended back then, creating a bond of incense and devotion."
"So why seek something far away when there is something close at hand?"
"We ask Bird Master to consider handling the problem of the Heavenly River's Weak Water eroding the Eastern Yi!"
The Dragon Master's senior minister in charge of diplomacy met Bird