We're Brothers. How Could I Ever Hurt You?

You had to understand, Blackwater Pool was no place that some wild demons and Rogue Cultivators, small fry from nowhere, could compare to.

As for their heritage, their ancestor was descended from an immortal clan of the Nine Provinces, a demon under some High Person, and they all practiced orthodox Immortal Techniques.

It was only because their ancestor wanted to keep a low profile that he had spent all these years cultivating in seclusion at the bottom of the pool, breaking through to the Myriad Phenomena Heaven Realm.

Otherwise, if their ancestor really made a move, what business would any of the other families within the Eight Hundred Miles of Linked Clouds have here?

Blackwater Pool would have ruled the whole place long ago.

But the problem was... their ancestor could hold back for all these years. How could Chu Duanliu do the same?

If he really stood by and watched without so much as a peep, wouldn't people think Blackwater Pool feared Jade Luan Manor?

Besides... Chu Duanliu glanced at Chu Zhenshan, who had fallen into thought, and sneered inwardly.

Though Chu Zhenshan put on a show of being mature and prudent every day,

when it came to the viciousness buried in his bones, who in Blackwater Pool could compare?

If he weren't so wary of their ancestor, with Chu Zhenshan's temperament, how could he have swallowed his anger until now?

At that thought, Chu Duanliu reined in his temper a little.

He took half a step forward, lowered his voice, and coaxed, "Brother, think it through."

"Jade Luan Manor has carved out territory to settle outsiders this time. That breaks the rules for the entire Eight Hundred Miles of Linked Clouds. If you and I pretend not to see it, won't any stray cat or dog be coming