"Sect Master, the matter our Blazing Flame Valley promised Jiang Yan—we absolutely cannot back out of it."
"Otherwise, wouldn't we be breaking our word?"
Inside the white pavilion by the Coldwater Pool in Blazing Flame Valley.
Liu Qingqing had argued with the First Elder for a while but failed to persuade him, so she turned to the Blazing Flame Valley Sect Master, Bai Shenghai, who stood nearby.
The First Elder was like a frog at the bottom of a well, but she didn't think Bai Shenghai was so short-sighted. Surely he wouldn't antagonize Jiang Yan over the resources of the Boundless Sword Sect and do something foolish.
"Ahem..."
Under the two women's gazes, Bai Shenghai coughed. His voice was calm, and he spoke without a hint of emotion.
"Senior Sister Liu is right. Since Blazing Flame Valley has given Jiang Yan its word, we shouldn't go back on it."
His tone was unhurried as he addressed the First Elder.
"Senior Brother, you've spent all these years cooped up in Moyun Prefecture. It's time to get out and see the world."
"The world outside is no different from when you and I were young. Talented prodigies still rise in great numbers, and many powerful figures still make their debut."
"Stay confined to one corner for too long, and it's easy to become like a frog at the bottom of a well."
When the Wu brothers had joined forces to attack Jiang Yan, Bai Shenghai hadn't gone there himself. Still, he believed what Liu Qingqing had told him afterward.
After all, Jiang Yan had already proven his strength by killing a ninth-rank anomaly all on his own, along with three experts at the Ultimate Realm from the Boundless Sword Sect.
In Bai Shenghai's view, even if the Crossblade Sect had plotted carefully,