If the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect added another fierce blaze to this already furiously burning pile of dry kindling now...
This hypocrite from the Eastern Endless Sea might fly into a rage, unable to stomach such a blow, and scurry back to his sect.
If he then invited two genuine higher-ups of Xuantian Tower to handle the matter, the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect would truly be in trouble.
At that thought, Qi Zhentian instinctively turned his gaze toward a trusted inner sect elder behind him and instructed him quietly.
"Little Li, take those four fellow Daoists from the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea somewhere else for a stroll. They've spent quite a while at our Mountain Gate. It's time they went out to relieve their boredom."
One side was a dominant Human Race power across the entire Endless Sea, while the other was the local emperor of the Southern Endless Sea.
Though the gulf between their strength was enormous, as the strongest powers in their respective territories, both inevitably put on some airs.
To avoid unnecessary conflict, it would be best to find a way to keep the two sides apart.
After all, this was the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect's territory. If the two sides truly tore away all pretense over some matter and even came to blows...
One mishandled move could easily leave the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect in an awkward position. It might even earn their resentment for no apparent reason.
That being the case, they could only ask the weaker Nine Sons of the Endless Sea to take the initiative and step aside.
Once everything was arranged, Qi Zhentian finally straightened his clothes, which had become disheveled at some point amid his panic.
After twisting his face about for a long while, he barely managed to squeeze out an exceedingly