Looking at the several elders before him, Gu Yuan's expression was somewhat grim.
"Don't forget, I am the Patriarch!"
"I originally told Xiao Yang that no additional price was needed, yet you are doing this now. Where does that leave my dignity?!"
Gu Qi's face also carried a trace of anger at this moment.
"The Xiao Tribe is simply not as good as us now!"
"It is already generous enough for us to let him enter the Heavenly Tomb. How could we possibly do so without demanding any price?!"
"As the Patriarch, you should be considering the Ancient Clan even more!"
"These are three Ninth-grade Treasure Pills!"
"Even if they are merely three healing pills, they are equivalent to three lives for a Dou Saint!"
"They could be extremely useful at a critical moment!"
"Trading a little of your dignity for the lives of three elders—isn't that an absolute bargain?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan was so angry that he laughed.
"Have you considered that Xiao Yang already possesses the strength to contend against an Eight-star Dou Saint? What about in the future?"
"With that terrifying potential of his, he may very well become another Xiao Xuan, another Hun Tiandi!"
"You are offending him like this now. Aren't you afraid that he will bear a grudge against the Ancient Clan in the future?!"
"Furthermore, he is the only Ninth-grade Golden Pill Grandmaster on the continent right now."
"After what you have done, are you sure he will still help us refine pills?"
Although Gu Qi felt that Gu Yuan's words made some sense, how could he admit it now?
"Who knows whether he truly possesses the strength of an Eight-star Dou Saint?"
"Elder Gu Dao merely saw him maintain the upper hand while being besieged."
"Perhaps his physical body is