He knew full well how vast the gap in talent between them was.
But just as Ye Xiu had previously told the spirit of the Heaven-Earth Furnace, he bore a sense of responsibility for the entire tribe.
The experience he had accumulated over many years outside, and all he had seen and heard after returning to Sky River City.
Nie Qing was a very stubborn man.
Ordinarily, he might always seem like a kind old man with no airs about him, but once it involved something he truly cared about deep in his heart, he would absolutely give it everything he had, without sparing an ounce of strength.
Those people outside who eyed them like tigers watching prey could not be trusted.
Neither could the elders within the tribe who placed their own interests above the tribe's future.
Nie Qing loved his tribe. Now that the tribe had fallen into crisis—
Only he could save it.
I must... obtain that position...
Before he knew it, Nie Qing felt his consciousness beginning to drift.
Flames gathered from every direction and clung to his body, nearly lighting up his entire person.
"Is there really a need to go this far?"
As the gifted descendants of the various elder families watched Nie Qing in that state, their feelings grew even more complicated.
"Such a fool..."
Someone began to speak, but in the end did not finish.
No one was blind. A strong will was certainly worthy of respect, but Nie Qing's physical condition had genuinely reached its limit.
It would not be long before his body reached its breaking point.
Once his body automatically fell unconscious, his hopes would come to nothing.
No one spoke. They merely watched silently as it all unfolded.
But just as everything was about to become a foregone