Chen Ming was not the sort of person who would stand by and watch someone die. Being rational did not mean he had no compassion.
If anyone else had been here—if another elderly person had held a grandchild and begged him for help—Chen Ming would have lent a hand, even without expecting anything in return, so long as it did not violate his principles or cost him too much.
But the Speed Clan had once been subordinate to the Clear Sky Sect. In the original story, Bai He and Bai Chenxiang were both closely tied to Tang San. Bai Chenxiang had even been called the eighth of the Shrek Seven Monsters. In a sense, apart from not becoming a god, she had received much the same treatment as the five members other than Tang San and Xiao Wu.
Chen Ming strongly suspected the Asura God had a hand in this. But he now had enough resources and backing that, unless the Asura God descended in person or sent an avatar down to deal with him, he had little reason to be afraid.
After all, at this point, the Sea God was still watching the entire continent from the Douluo World, searching for a successor.
Given the uncertain connection Chen Ming now had with the Sea God, the Sea God would certainly sense it if anything happened to him—or if he died. Under those circumstances, the Asura God most likely would not dare act against him directly.
A god of law enforcement had to know the law, after all. An offense did not count if no one caught it, but if someone did, the punishment would be doubled.
"I... the Speed Clan has nothing else left." Bai He wanted to make some kind of promise, but after hesitating for a long