[Or perhaps Xue Renqing, the Sixth Commander, had been put forward by the Acting Sect Master or another authority figure to carry out their orders. Yet while Xue Renqing had no choice but to heed the Acting Sect Master's commands, he also disliked the current rulers of the Dao Sect and deliberately struck such a pose to stir up trouble? Perhaps he wanted to vent the pressure this way, let certain people see how weary everyone was of war, and change some internal decisions?]
[Both of your guesses were possible, but they were still only guesses. Even if things truly were as you imagined, your current status meant you could not change anything. In the end, you still had to face the choices Xue Renqing had placed before Qingming Hetong Heaven: either pinch your nose and become a soft persimmon, acting as a dog for the Dao Sect that barked obediently without asking for "bones."]
[Or fly into a rage and act on impulse, directly ignoring Xue Renqing's demands, then wait for him to decide that Qingming Hetong Heaven had slighted him, report it to the Dao Sect's rulers, and use the Dao Sect's power to teach Qingming Hetong Heaven a lesson.]
[Or there was only one final method left... Contact Emperor Donghua directly, defect to Emperor Donghua, who was still exhausting every possible means to find traces of Taiqing Immortal Emperor, and ask him to step forward and openly stop all actions related to the Dao Sect on your behalf...]
[No! This world had never been nothing more than a multiple-choice question. Merely choosing from the solutions others offered would instead put you at a disadvantage and trap you within your opponent's scheme!]
[Besides that, you believed there were other options. Perhaps you could consider using Moro to pass