Hard to Handle

"You've poked such a huge hornet's nest. That makes it hard for me to handle. You should understand what kind of force the Heaven Punishing Bureau is." Qin He stroked his chin and continued shaking his head.

"We understand everything Master Hua has said. From now on, if Master Hua tells us to go east, we will never go west; if Master Hua tells us to go west, we will never go east," Gu Tianlan said.

Qin He shot him a glance. "Why would I have you go east one moment and west the next? Is that fun?"

"Uh... it was just a metaphor." Gu Tianlan's expression stiffened.

"What he means is that from now on, our four clans will follow Master Hua's lead and stand together against the Heaven Punishing Bureau, without a word of objection," Hong Hao said, putting it another way.

Qin He smiled faintly and asked in return, "You were the ones who killed the Golden Armored General, not me. Does standing together against the Heaven Punishing Bureau mean you'll stand in front?"

"This... we..." Hong Hao was choked speechless as well.

In the end, Yan Jingdan spoke up. "Our four clans are willing to build four Immortal Temples for the Great Immortal as a show of our sincerity. We hope Master Hua will accept them with a smile."

At last, those words struck right at Qin He's heart.

The Four Great Clans truly deserved their status as leaders.

They really knew how to talk.

Merit was important to Qin He, but just how important it was to him, no one knew.

There were many ways to curry favor, but Yan Jingdan had hit upon the very sincerity that could move Qin He with a single sentence.

Still, no matter how sharp and decisive he was,