"Exactly! So, Palace Master Lin Xiao, it really isn't that the Ye Family doesn't want to help. It's just..."
Ye Zhong lowered his head, his face reddening.
Thinking back on what he had just said, he felt as though his face had been slapped swollen.
"Elder Lin, my father and I truly want to help you, but this matter is simply too important to the Ye Family!"
Ye Zhong wasn't the only one. Ye Yun also wished the ground would swallow him whole.
Seeing the shame on their faces, Xiao Lin felt embarrassed instead.
After all, he was the one at fault here.
He had come to their door with this request without first finding out what price the Ye Family would have to pay. Objectively speaking, he had gone too far.
"First Elder, Ye Yun, you don't need to feel this way. I came here after gathering only half the information. I'm the one who should apologize. The Ye Family has done nothing to wrong me!"
Xiao Lin wasn't unreasonable, so he apologized without hesitation.
At the same time, he wanted nothing more than to go back and pound Ji Li's dog head to a pulp!
Ji Li had only gathered half the information, leaving him in this awkward position.
If Xiao Lin were a member of one of the Pill Region's five great families, he wouldn't agree to this request either!
Why were the Pill Region's five great families so special?
Most importantly, each family held a permanent elder seat in Danta.
That gave the five great families a standing in Danta far above that of most Alchemists.
If they lost those permanent elder seats, they would be no different from ordinary Alchemists!
Given that, how could any of the five great families possibly trade away its permanent