The Qi Tian Sect had no better way to deal with the refugees who had fled to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and the territory of Chu.
After all, even if the Qi Tian Sect ordered them to return to its territory and their respective homelands, they would not be willing to go back.
Moreover, the Qi Tian Sect refugees who had entered the territory of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had not come solely to escape disaster. Most of the martial artists harbored other intentions.
"Since the Qi Tian Sect no longer plans to manage these refugees, we'll have to handle them according to our own methods."
The Crown Prince of Chu, Chu Junyou, nodded slightly.
When he had raised this question, he had already guessed Qi Lingyu's answer, but he still had to ask.
It was a necessary formality.
If he did not ask, and Chu dealt with these refugees on its own, the Qi Tian Sect might make trouble over it later. Then Chu would be unable to defend itself, even with a hundred mouths.
Thus, the Crown Prince of Chu had to obtain an answer from Qi Lingyu. The nature of that answer did not matter. What mattered was that Qi Lingyu had to say it aloud.
Qi Lingyu clearly understood the Crown Prince of Chu's unspoken meaning as well, so he answered directly: Chu and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace could deal with them however they pleased.
This was equivalent to handing the power to decide these refugees' "life or death" entirely to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and Chu.
Kill them or butcher them—it was entirely up to them.
Now that Chu had received a definite answer, dealing with the refugees became much easier.
"Then the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace will do the same."