"Mm!"
The elders nodded in agreement, fully approving of Old Six's words.
Although Ye Chen had shown tremendous talent, he was still far behind Lin San, Long Aotian, and the others—not to mention Qin Feng, who was even more of a freak.
"Boss!"
The Second Elder asked, "Now that Bright Moon Palace has been wiped out, should we order Ye Chen to come back?"
"No need!"
The Great Elder rested his hands beneath his chin in a big-shot pose. "A mountain can't hold two tigers. If Ye Chen comes back, he'll definitely clash with Qin Feng and Lin San. Better to appoint him as a ninth-rank deacon and let him keep putting out fires out there!"
"All right!"
The elders nodded, agreeing with the Great Elder's arrangement.
It was certainly immoral to leave Ye Chen outside to draw fire, but whenever they thought of the potential of Qin Feng and Lin San, they could only console themselves: without weathering storms, how could one ever see the rainbow?
"By the way, Boss!"
Old Six took a puff of his cigarette. "I heard Lingxiao Immortal Emperor didn't return to Lingxiao Palace. It seems he's asking around for Ye Chen's whereabouts. Could he really have believed Qin Feng's nonsense and decided the Twelve Star Beads are with Ye Chen?"
"People are made under pressure..."
The Great Elder's expression remained perfectly calm. "If you don't push Ye Chen, you'll never know where his limits are. Let's leave this matter for Ye Chen to handle himself."
"Mm!"
The elders considered it, then nodded in agreement.
At first, they'd only wanted to use Ye Chen to draw Long Aotian's wrath. But the fact that he'd swiftly wiped out Bright Moon Palace without using a single Immortal Alliance soldier showed that they'd badly underestimated his potential from