"What did you say?"
"No one's willing to cooperate?"
"They're all actually afraid of this Chen Changan?"
The Bai Family Head had never imagined that even after offering such generous terms, no one would agree.
"Family Head, the whole of Ascending Dragon City is talking about Chen Changan now."
"Chen Changan's level of Prodigy has reached the point where no one can afford to ignore him anymore."
"Who'd be willing to get mixed up in this mess now?"
"That's right, Family Head. Never mind how likely this is to succeed—who'd want to make an enemy of a Prodigy like him?"
"Besides, no one knows anything about Chen Changan. Everyone's trying to find out about him right now. What if he has powerful backing? Wouldn't we be inviting disaster?"
"Family Head, how about... we just let this go?"
Let it go?
Just like that?
Let the Bai Family become a laughingstock in the Dragon Source Land?
"Bullshit!"
"How dare you say something like that? Are you even members of the Bai Family?"
"This is a terrible humiliation, and you want us to let it go? How will the Bai Family stand in the Dragon Source Land from now on?"
"What powerful backing? If he really had powerful backing, why would he come to the Dragon Source Land?"
"Have you ever seen a Prodigy with powerful backing come all the way out here?"
"They're just making excuses to turn us down. They're cowards, plain and simple!"
"I'm telling you, Chen Changan's life stays here in Ascending Dragon City. We absolutely cannot let him leave."
"If we let this go now, what about next time? Are you going to wait until Chen Changan and the He Family have slaughtered every last one of us before you realize that backing down won't do a