Qiangu Dongfeng whirled around, his eyes widening.
"What did you say?"
He thought he had misheard.
Qiangu Qingfeng had returned, not to fight him for the position of Pagoda Master, but to stay and help him?
"I said I'm not leaving."
Qiangu Qingfeng repeated himself, his tone calm.
"You and I both know what things are like out there."
"Every faction is reshuffling, and new powers are springing up fast."
"If the Qiangu Family doesn't unite now, we'll really be swept off the stage of history."
He looked at Qiangu Dongfeng, his gaze earnest.
"You're the head of the family and the Pagoda Master."
"I won't fight you for either position."
"But against outsiders, we brothers have to twist ourselves into a single rope."
"Otherwise, both the Qiangu Family and the Spirit Pagoda are finished."
Qiangu Dongfeng stood rooted to the spot.
He had been on guard against Qiangu Qingfeng all along.
After all, during the family competition back then, Qiangu Qingfeng had defeated him, the legitimate heir, with his Inferno Halberd and risen to fame.
He had always believed that Qiangu Qingfeng had come back this time to wrest his position away from him.
He had even secretly prepared quite a few contingencies for that very reason.
Yet now his brother said he would not fight him for it-and would even stay to help?
A jumble of emotions churned inside Qiangu Dongfeng.
There was surprise, relief, and a touch of embarrassment he could not put into words.
So all this time, he had been measuring another man's heart with his own petty yardstick?
Qiangu Dongfeng's lips moved. After a long while, he finally squeezed out a sentence.
"You... really mean that?"
"What else?"
Qiangu Qingfeng raised an eyebrow.
"If I really wanted to take it, do you think you