"Brother Liu, Brother Yang, please take care. When Little Nine's Foundation Establishment Celebration is held someday, I hope you will both grace us with your presence."
"Certainly, certainly. We might skip anyone else's Foundation Establishment Celebration, but we definitely won't be absent from Young Friend Zhou's."
Outside the Zhou family residence on Jingming Peak, Zhou Yang and Zhou Minghan, grandfather and grandson, personally saw Liu Qingsong and Yang Xingyan out of the courtyard after nearly an hour of secret discussions.
Judging by the smiles on everyone's faces, they had clearly enjoyed a fruitful talk and reached some kind of agreement.
After seeing off Liu and Yang, Zhou Minghan and Zhou Yang returned to the quiet room, set up a soundproof barrier, and discussed the agreement they had reached with the two men.
Zhou Minghan was the first to speak, his face full of worry. "I wonder whether what we're doing is truly right. If the Liu and Yang families hadn't taken the lead in this matter, this old man would never have dared consider it. We're snatching food from a tiger's mouth!"
Yet Zhou Yang shook his head at those words. "Great-Grandfather, forgive your grandson, but I cannot agree."
Looking at the worried Old Clan Leader, he said calmly, "Yang Xingyan was right. What we are doing benefits both sides as far as the Chen family is concerned. White Sand River Oasis needs our strength to help guard it, and the Chen family alone cannot swallow all the Rogue Cultivator resources here."
"Our actions may make some Chen family cultivators uncomfortable, but with Old Ancestor Chen's wisdom, he should be able to see both our determination in this matter and its importance to our several families."
"It is better to channel water than dam it. If the Chen family refuses