Yang Chen was also surrounded by fury. "If Taiyi Sect had merely withheld and suppressed part of my battle merits, I could have ignored it, even treated it as nothing. But they forcibly suppressed nearly ten million battle merits until only two million remained. That is going too far."
Grand Ancestor Sun closed his eyes in thought. "So that is what happened. However, this matter will not be easy to handle."
"Please speak, Grand Ancestor Sun," Yang Chen said.
Grand Ancestor Sun said, "First, merely withholding several million battle merits is not enough for me to personally intervene. Second, although your current performance is outstanding, compared to the vast battlefield and the battle merits of countless cultivators, it is still far too insignificant. Even if I stood up for you, it would be futile. Taiyi Sect could simply use 'even the most meticulous plan has one oversight' as an excuse and deny your case outright. Then, no matter how much fury this old man had, it would be like striking cotton—utterly meaningless."
Yang Chen's expression tightened. He knew Grand Ancestor Sun was right.
Even Grand Ancestor Sun could not handle everything, especially matters that required reason and justification. If Grand Ancestor Sun used force while they responded with softness, he would ultimately be the one to suffer.
Moreover, his accomplishments truly were not enough yet.
This made Yang Chen think of the Nirvana Stage alien he had killed!
That was his trump card.
With that in mind, Yang Chen no longer concealed anything. "Grand Ancestor Sun believes my accomplishments are not enough. Then what would count as enough?"
"Raise them a little more. Just a little, and it will be enough," Grand Ancestor Sun said calmly.
Yang Chen smiled faintly. "Grand Ancestor Sun, since that is the case, there is