After careful deliberation, the Tiantong Merchant Alliance offered substantial compensation for the harm caused by its cultivators.
Ten Directions Platform refused the compensation. "Who are you trying to bury in Spirit Stones? You may not lack money, but do you think Ten Directions Platform is poor?"
"You want to understand the grievances? Fine. Pay triple damages. We don't want money... we can even give you Spirit Stones!"
Tiantong could not accept paying triple damages either, so it proposed a solution. "We can temporarily ignore your conflict with the Hunting Alliance and stand by while you fight, but we have one condition: only low-level disciples may take action."
Ten Directions Platform did not wish to accept that condition, but Tiantong had some ruthless people of its own. They directly sent their cultivators up to take beatings for the Hunting Alliance—then the injured parties would be Tiantong's people, while the Hunting Alliance cultivators could still strike back.
That tactic was rather disgusting. Fortunately, it only happened a few times before it was reported to Great Dream Adept.
After considering it, Great Dream Adept could not stand Tiantong's shameless conduct either. His disciples had been injured by their deliberate attacks, while Tiantong's disciples voluntarily came forward to be beaten. This was simply... simply extortion.
Yet he had no particularly good solution. As long as Tiantong kept doing this, Ten Directions Platform would be unable to achieve its strategic objective.
Thus, he could only settle for the next best thing. He instructed his people to accept Tiantong's compensation and agreed to its demand—temporarily restricting the fighting to low-level cultivators.
This was equivalent to accepting the other side's interference, and it was a humiliating matter for Ten Directions Platform. However, Great Dream Adept had other calculations. In a fight between low-level cultivators, he truly did