Schemes and intrigues were not impossible, but against a powerhouse of such supreme martial strength, they really could not accomplish much.
He was the sort who could crush ten thousand techniques with sheer force.
Second Brother of the Ye Family had now caught a whiff of the underlying truth. After pondering for a moment, he said,
"Relying on the Ye Family alone, we naturally cannot do anything to that savage. But elder brother, Mingyang, do not forget: this world, this Divine Land, has always belonged to us humans. How could a savage swagger about in human territory for long?
"No one acted before because he was powerful and strictly observed the rules of sparring, never killing or injuring anyone. That was why no one stepped forward to deal with him.
"But what if our Ye Family secretly used our connections and influence to fan the flames and gather the dissatisfaction of the entire Jianghu Martial Arts World against him?
"This is a grand, righteous tide, a perfectly legitimate open scheme. I refuse to believe it cannot deal with him."
Sure enough, Ye Family father and son both brightened at Second Brother Ye's idea.
Previously, since it did not concern them, they had not troubled themselves over it. They had never expected this savage to come knocking and provoke them, or even covet the Cheng Jun Divine Sword.
Later, when Tong Lie came to challenge them, time had been tight. They had neither the opportunity nor the energy to push this matter forward, and had not even actively considered this method.
Now that the two sides had become enemies, and that savage was clearly no decent sort, they could not remain passively on the defensive. They had to strike first. Thus, this method of using the entire human race against Tong