During the earlier cleanup of the Qingming Domain, Ji Shengtian had borne most of the pressure, but it had not been easy.
After finally talking Feng Jun into stepping forward to refuse them, he had not expected the blame to be tossed back onto himself in the end. That was rather inappropriate.
He was not afraid of taking the blame... those without the qualifications to take it were the truly pitiful ones. Being invited to take the blame meant he had the strength.
However, making him take the blame would not be so easy. He glanced at Xuanyuan Buqi. "These conditions were not proposed by the Ji Clan."
"But the Ji Clan is currently ranked first among the clans," Feng Jun replied without hesitation. "If you do not speak up, who will?"
That was a bit underhanded. Hearing this, Xuanyuan Buqi could not help shuddering—Feng Jun was far too good at finding excuses.
However, in his view, the temptation of this excuse was simply too great. Could the Ji Clan refuse? Impossible!
Sure enough, Ji Shengtian froze for quite a while before finally giving a helpless, bitter smile. "It seems I have no choice?"
"This is not a matter of whether you have a choice," Feng Jun answered seriously. "I could say this as well... I said it before. But right now, I am together with the Ji Clan. If I continue saying it, I do not mind, but do you think that would be appropriate?"
"It would not," Ji Shengtian said with a bitter smile, shaking his head without the slightest hesitation—there could be no second answer to that question.
"There are many settlements of the Seven Sects and Eighteen Paths here. They seem to be developing into branch sects," Feng Jun said in a deep voice. "They may