The clan leader sighed inwardly. He could only blame it on the fact that this little fellow was not destined to be his, and he said nothing more.
"Release our clan members at once, then send us three thousand loads of grain. Hand over those traitors as well, and I may spare your lives. Otherwise, your fate will be simple enough."
Dao Lord Taichu spoke coldly to the gray-bearded clan leader.
"Fine! I cannot let everyone in my city die for nothing. But the traitors and clan members you mentioned are not with us. We did cooperate with them to raid your clan, but their ambitions were too great. I feared they would harm my clan members, so I drove them away."
The clan leader spoke with great sincerity.
"Then we'll call it even. I won't pursue your responsibility any further, but you must still compensate us with grain and return everything you stole. Otherwise, this matter won't be over."
Dao Lord Taichu spoke in a commanding tone.
The gray-bearded clan leader could only keep sighing. Faced with such unreasonable demands, he actually had no way to resist. He felt ashamed before the people of his clan.
But he could only do this. Otherwise, with Dao Lord Taichu's strength, slaughtering the city would be easy against these defenseless people. Even if several clan leaders joined forces, they would not be his match.
Dao Lord Taichu knew his actions were rather shameless, but he had to do it. He needed to establish his authority, or others might take advantage of him again when he traveled in the future.
"Fine. Now that both sides have reconciled, tell me where those traitors went. I'll go destroy them."
As he said this, the killing intent in Dao Lord Taichu's eyes was no weaker than