"Why don't you... take the seat of honor?"
"No need. I'll stand here."
Seeing Chen Changan say this, Sect Master Lin didn't insist. However, he and all the other elders stood up as well.
If Chen Changan wasn't sitting, how could they possibly stay seated?
Yet the sight left the Sun Family Patriarch utterly shocked.
What kind of place was this?
This was Xuanwu Sect!
The Sun family had attached itself to Xuanwu Sect because Xuanwu Sect was the strongest sect in the area—without exception.
Even several nearby dynasties combined wouldn't dare make a move against Xuanwu Sect.
It was no exaggeration to say that Xuanwu Sect had truly established itself as the sole dominant power in this land.
Though the several dynasties didn't send members of their royal houses to Xuanwu Sect, they still regularly sent gifts.
With Xuanwu Sect backing them, the Sun family naturally held a very high position as well.
It was already surprising enough that anyone dared target the Sun family. But now, at Xuanwu Sect, he had witnessed something even more unbelievable.
"Don't just stand there."
"Go on," Chen Changan said with a smile.
"Oh, well, this is what happened."
"The Sun family is one of the vassal families under our Xuanwu Sect."
"But a few days ago, an Heir Apparent from the Yuanlong Dynasty brought people to surround the Sun family."
"He demanded that the Sun family send every woman in the household between the ages of sixteen and twenty to the Heir Apparent's residence. Otherwise, he would wipe out the entire Sun family."
Hearing this, Chen Changan furrowed his brows slightly. Something didn't seem right.
"How strong is the Sun family?"
"They're naturally quite capable, or they wouldn't have become a vassal family of Xuanwu Sect."
"If that's the case, would an