The implication behind his words was already perfectly clear.
He meant to tell Sun Yao not to be too aggressive if the matter was not that serious, lest things escalate until neither side benefited.
In his eyes, a mere few million, or even ten million, battle merits amounted to nothing. There was no need to make such a great fuss.
After all, battle merits had always been a murky matter. Who had not received too little at times, or too much at others?
But Yang Chen's battle merits were far more than a mere few million or ten million.
Only Sun Yao and Yang Chen themselves knew that the battle merits suppressed by the Taiyi Sect alone numbered at least several tens of millions.
The exact amount would become clear once they calculated it.
Sun Yao stood with his hands behind his back, showing not the slightest intention of letting the matter rest. He spoke loudly, "Cut the nonsense. Since I have come today, do you think I am here to joke with you over this matter? I would like to see just what bear's heart and leopard's gall Immortal Heavenly Venerate has swallowed to dare suppress my disciple's battle merits."
Hearing the name Immortal Heavenly Venerate now, Yang Chen suddenly understood much more.
No wonder—it was Immortal Heavenly Venerate...
Yang Chen had investigated Zhang Xuelian's affairs before. Along with various rumors he had heard, he knew quite a bit.
Zhang Xuelian's fiancé was named Yuan Changsheng. The engagement had been privately arranged by her master, Elder Yi. Yuan Changsheng's father was none other than Immortal Heavenly Venerate, one of Taiyi Sect's five Great Ascension Stage experts.
Yes, Taiyi Sect had a full five Great Ascension Stage experts. Including Ling Dongsheng and Situ Zhennan, there were seven Great Ascension Stage