Sealing Fee
Of course, if this matter got out, it would indeed undermine morale. Even Ximen Ren had colluded with the Devil Race; that would give the fence-sitters a perfectly reasonable excuse to defect to the Devil Race, and could set off a chain reaction. For the good of the cause and for her own sake, Ximen Yao wanted the news kept secret. It would also preserve some dignity for the Ximen Family.
"Hmph. A man should answer for his own actions. If we hide this news, aren't we encouraging other cultivators to defect to the Devil Race? Every cultivator who defects must be severely punished and condemned for all eternity," Situ Yue retorted without the slightest courtesy.
What a joke. How many cultivators of the Situ Family had died at the hands of the Devil Race? It was all because of that traitor, Ximen Ren.
"Exactly. How many people from our Gongsun Family have died? Is killing him really enough? I have no way to answer to the clansmen who died," Gongsun Qian chimed in.
"Madam Ximen, we can understand that you want to preserve your family's reputation, given how many cultivators have died at the hands of the Devil Race. But how are we supposed to answer to our dead clansmen?" Ye Tianlong said bluntly.
Shi Yue said nothing, watching coldly from the sidelines.
He could naturally see that Ye Tianlong and the others were demanding compensation. It wasn't that they didn't care whether their clansmen lived or died; rather, Ximen Yao had a point. If word got out that Ximen Ren had colluded with the Devil Race, it would certainly undermine morale. If even Ximen Ren had defected, could humanity still win against the Devil Race?
The most frightening thing was that they didn't know whether there