"Good thing the kid showed mercy. Otherwise, you old fellow would have had something to grieve over."
"Indeed, this little fellow knows how to read the situation. He gave your Dao Sect some face and didn't publicly finish off your Dao Sect's Holy Son. How do you plan to repay him?"
"Exactly. How do you plan to repay him? After all, he spared the life of your Dao Sect's Holy Son."
"If this one died here, that sect master of yours from the Dao Sect would probably go mad, wouldn't he?"
Listening to the jeers around him, the Dao Sect elder's expression stiffened, and even the hand stroking his beard paused.
Still, his cultivation of temperament was fairly good, and he did not curse them out in public.
"Didn't you all hear it? The life of my Dao Sect's Holy Son already belongs to him. Sooner or later, he will come to claim it."
The Dao Sect elder snorted coldly. Then he said no more, merely closing his eyes in silence.
These old bastards were far too good at cutting people down. He did not want to speak with them anymore.
"Heh, then I'd like to see how this little fellow takes the life of your Dao Sect's Holy Son right under the Dao Sect's nose."
"If it's just a joke, then fine. But if it really happens, your Dao Sect will lose all its face."
"That's right, that's right. All its face will be gone."
"Everything else is negotiable, but once one's face is lost, it's hard to find it again."
"Well said. Absolutely no fault in that."
Hearing their words one after another, even with the Dao Sect elder's excellent self-restraint, he was beginning to lose his temper.
But just as he was about to flare up, he