Clear Water sneered:
"The Jihuang Sword Palace still refuses to give up. They actually tried to sabotage our takeover of Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain in secret. Unfortunately for them, they never expected the Sect Master to send the Red Crane Heavenly Venerate back. Yuchen was caught red-handed!"
Yun He said mockingly:
"The Jihuang Sword Palace just sent us a formal notice. They claim True Lord Yu Chen only went to Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain as a guest at Blue Flame True Lord's invitation. As for what happened, there may have been some misunderstanding. It was not ordered by the Jihuang Sword Palace, and True Lord Yu Chen's words and actions have nothing to do with them!"
"How utterly shameless. They're afraid we'll settle the score, so they've abandoned True Lord Yu Chen!"
Zhenyue's eyes brimmed with scorn. He deeply despised the Jihuang Sword Palace's attempt to shirk responsibility.
Fang Mo thought for a moment, then said:
"When they deliver him, take him straight into custody. Leave him alone for now!"
Everyone looked surprised and somewhat puzzled. Yun He said urgently, "Sect Master, are we just going to let this go? Isn't that letting them off far too easily? The other powers will think our Tianli Sect is easy to bully!"
"Exactly! Sect Master, they've been playing dirty behind our backs. We must make the Jihuang Sword Palace pay!"
Zhenyue spoke urgently as well.
Fang Mo raised a hand to stop them both and said calmly, "Suppressing Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain has already done enough to establish our might. Leave the Jihuang Sword Palace alone for now. Our Heavenly Venerates have just fought a great battle and need to recover. This is no time to start another war with the Jihuang Sword Palace!"
"As for the price!"
Fang Mo gave a