Snatching Chestnuts from the Fire, Subsonic Secret Art

The other two Long-Eared Clan elders looked at each other, inwardly admiring their chief elder to the point of prostration.

Though the marriage alliance between the two clans appeared to favor the Li Clan, they needed the Long-Eared Clan to fend off powerful enemies and prevent their clan's fortune from sinking into decline.

The Long-Eared Clan stood to gain as well.

Only something that benefited both sides could be accomplished, could it not?

If they simply abandoned it like this, they would have no way to answer for it upon returning.

With a single sentence from Li Xueyi, the very person at the heart of this marriage alliance, what had been a dead end now had a chance of being pulled back from the brink—if they struck directly at this brat trying to steal his bride.

They had to make a move.

But there was a proper way to make it.

The young clan lord had lust clouding his brain and was so furious that smoke seemed to pour from his seven orifices. He wanted to wring the "adulterer's" head off on the spot.

But no one knew anything about this man.

Years of experience in the martial world had taught them that, when dealing with someone unknown, it was best to learn about them through other means first.

For example, the chief elder's method of snatching chestnuts from the fire was the finest possible approach.

The chosen contest was what the Long-Eared Clan excelled at most.

They would stand in an invincible position.

If their opponent accepted, there would be only two outcomes...

First, he would fall into the lava lake, removing the hidden danger.

Second, if he survived by sheer luck but merely failed, he would be branded trash and driven off Li Divine Mountain, while also giving