At that moment, the woman who had just spoken picked up the conversation, speaking with a grin...
"It wasn't really a big deal to begin with. Apparently, as long as they hand over Teng Bahun, everything will be fine."
"It wasn't the kind of offense that had angered them beyond all measure. Even if Teng Bahun wasn't inside the Cangyu Demon Sect, it wouldn't have been much of an issue."
"But the funny thing is, after the Cangyu Demon Sect drove out its former chief sect master, Chai Jiu, last time, they didn't know whom to appoint as the new chief sect master, so they simply made Teng Bahun the nominal chief sect master."
"Now, the important figure from the Seal Sovereign Empire has no choice but to deal with it."
What the woman meant was precisely this:
If Teng Bahun had merely been an elder or someone of that sort, then when the important figure from the Seal Sovereign Empire came sweeping in with great fanfare, a few warnings might have settled the matter. Yet he had become the chief sect master.
If it ended with nothing more than a warning, where would that important figure from the Seal Sovereign Empire put his face?
After all, if he had merely been a sect elder, then so long as the sect sincerely admitted its mistake and was willing to cooperate with the Seal Sovereign Empire in handing him over, it would be easy enough to get through it—as long as the offense had not been too grave...
But Teng Bahun was now the chief sect master. He represented the entire Cangyu Demon Sect.
No matter how easygoing that important figure from the Seal Sovereign Empire was, no matter how little he wanted to pursue the matter, he could not simply