Inside the main hall atop Zhenyue Peak.
Su Qingxuan sat in the seat of honor and looked around. Below him, he saw Fairy Ti Yue and the many disciples of Zhenyue Peak, all with their heads hanging low.
Ti Yue in particular looked especially pale, even though her soul had already returned to her body.
"What happened today was due to my lack of consideration. The fault lies with me."
Su Qingxuan thought for a moment, then spoke frankly:
"I shouldn't have sent your group to approach Elder Jiang, nor should I have used the Elder Council's authority to test him. If I'd personally paid this gentleman a visit, there wouldn't have been so many twists and turns between us, and you wouldn't have suffered such severe injuries."
Just as Jiang Yan had thought, Su Qingxuan really was an honest man.
He knew that Jiang Yan's scolding of Ti Yue and the other disciples had been largely his responsibility:
He had instructed Ti Yue to use the Elder Council's authority to keep watch and make a few moves on Blazing Sun Peak to test Jiang Yan. He hadn't expected things to backfire, nearly costing that group of disciples their lives on Blazing Sun Peak.
The blame for this matter truly lay with him, and he didn't try to shirk it.
"Saint Son, you're being too hard on yourself."
Ti Yue hurriedly bowed, her voice a little hoarse:
"We failed to grasp your deeper intentions and acted too rashly, losing all sense of proportion. That's what angered Elder Jiang."
"This time, it was clearly my own lack of restraint that led to my injuries. Not only that, but I also made the Saint Son part with an extraordinarily precious Fierce Beast fang and the method for refining Blazing Sun Immortal Gold.