Turning the formation master's trap against him

Nightfiend merely asked a casual question.

Below, the crowd erupted.

A young Wild Clan member abruptly stepped forward. "You refuse to contribute Formation Crystal Pillars, so you found some random person to go through the motions?"

"Exactly!" Another stepped forward. "Passing off some lowborn brat still wet behind the ears as a formation master, hoping to reap the rewards without contributing any resources—the Li Clan certainly knows how to work an abacus."

This man had exceptionally long ears. He was clearly from the Long-Eared Clan.

The Long-Eared Clan had the best-informed sources.

Their young clan lord had suffered a crushing humiliation on Li Divine Mountain at the hands of a Litian Tribe boy. The marriage alliance had fallen through, and the Long-Eared Clan considered it an unparalleled disgrace. Whenever they faced the Li Clan or the Litian Tribe, they were united on one point: if they could crush them, they would crush them to death!

With those two setting the tone, the entire crowd's mood shifted.

Everyone thought something was wrong here.

For the grand undertaking in the Abyssal Depths, those with manpower contributed manpower, those with strength contributed strength, and those with resources contributed resources. All the clans had agreed to this.

The resource levies had grown increasingly heavy lately, and every clan had its own calculations. If the Li Clan set this precedent of finding any random person to impersonate a formation master, and no one stopped it, wouldn't every clan start copying them?

Who would still contribute resources?

Finding people was easy enough!

Here underground, never mind people with two legs—even people with eight legs were easy to find...

On the raised platform, Lin Xiaosu met Nightfiend's plainly loaded question with a faint smile. "Senior Nightfiend, do you believe age necessarily determines one's attainment in formations?"

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