Eighteen!

At the word "ally," even Xiao Yan could not help revealing a meaningful smile. He said, "Ally? Forming an alliance with your Hun Clan would be no different from bargaining with a tiger."

"Hehehe." Hun Xuzi immediately revealed a strange smile. Looking at the battered and broken Medicine Realm, he said, "It seems Xiao, the clan leader, is very dissatisfied with the way our Hun Clan does things."

"Not dissatisfied, exactly. On the Dou Qi Continent, strength reigns supreme. The Yao, Shi, and Ling Clans have kept the Tou She Ancient God Jade until now, so they should also understand that greed sometimes backfires on oneself." Xiao Yan looked at the Medicine Realm, where blood flowed like rivers and corpses lay everywhere. Pieces of bloodstained cloth drifted past his eyes in the wind as he continued, "People aren't grass and trees. Who can be without feeling? Don't take me for the same sort of cold-blooded, bloodthirsty person as your Hun Clan."

Just as Xiao Yan had refused Yao Dan's request, he was merely an onlooker, with no stake in the Hun Clan's interests. But when an onlooker saw such a tragedy in the mortal world, as a living, breathing person, Xiao Yan could not say that he felt pleased inside or took pleasure in their misfortune.

"Hehehe, the Yao, Shi, and Ling Clans really were muddled with age. Jade itself is innocent; the crime lies in possessing a treasure. To think they failed to understand such a principle. They saw things less clearly than a young man." Hun Xuzi laughed strangely, then once again looked at Xiao Yan with admiration in his eyes.

Back then, even he had been shocked when Xiao Yan had so decisively handed over the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Who knew how many people had