The candlelight swayed, and the atmosphere in the room froze to the point of turning the air icy.
With the Li Family Head's decision, and the Li Family preparing for war against the Evil Moon Sect to settle things once and for all, some rejoiced while others grieved.
The Warmonger Faction was seething with excitement, while the Pacifist Faction looked utterly bereft.
After the meeting ended, the Li Family Head ordered the Grand Elder to urgently gather the Lineage's experts and prepare for battle with all their might.
Second Master Li returned to his courtyard in a daze. Recalling everything that had happened, he could only laugh coldly again and again. He fetched several jars of fine wine, then sat alone in the courtyard and drank.
A short while later, a large number of martial artists from the Pacifist Faction arrived at Second Master Li's courtyard in unspoken agreement. Seeing Second Master Li drowning his sorrows in wine, they all felt their hearts ache.
"Second Master, you can't just give up like this. Pull yourself together."
"If Second Master gives up, my Li Family's ten-thousand-year foundation will be destroyed in a single stroke."
There were more than twenty martial artists in the courtyard, all of them members of the Li Family's Pacifist Faction.
"At this point, the Family Head has already made his choice. The Li Family will prepare for war and settle things once and for all with the Evil Moon Sect."
"What else can I do?"
"It isn't me who wants to bury the Li Family. It's them who want to bury the Li Family!"
Second Master Li roared with red-rimmed eyes, his tears unable to fall.
"Alas..." Everyone beat their chests and stamped their feet, sighing in regret.
A young man stepped out from the crowd. His