Qi Wusheng was not a local of Qiuchen Immortal Market. He had been sent here by Swordforging Peak to handle business communications.
He was unfamiliar with the situation here. He only knew that his predecessor had been seriously injured, and that things could not continue like this.
Deploying a batch of Cloud Pillars was meant to divide the Spirit Beasts' attacks and draw their aggression.
Of course, he was not insisting on his own way. He merely hoped everyone would consider it and voluntarily submit their requests.
For the mighty Qi Family, the financial cost of activating the Cloud Pillars was hardly worth mentioning. What concerned him was the impact of the decision itself.
If those below all opposed activating the Cloud Pillars and he still pushed for it, that would be forcing the issue.
If activating the Cloud Pillars brought negative consequences, it would mean his decision had been wrong, and the Qi Family would bear a bad reputation as well.
Therefore, only by coordinating from top to bottom and fully respecting the opinions of others could they ease the crisis without shouldering responsibility.
Without question, Ji Ping'an's defensive position immediately reported its request to activate a Cloud Pillar.
Xia Ping'an had wanted to do this long ago, but that was not the main point. The main point was that they were desperately short on defenders.
On the surface, they had a full team of five, but one person was effectively useless, and someone still had to spare attention to look after him. So their position really only had the strength of three and a half people.
Logically, having only three and a half people meant they should not split their forces. But the forces sent out could draw away a tremendous amount of enemy fire.
Besides, they only