"I don't need you to tell me that. I can work it out myself."
The Sun Tribe Chief could not help rolling his eyes at the Earth God Tribe Chief.
To be honest, the fellow before him occasionally offered some genuinely useful advice, but the last such occasion had been ten years ago.
After all this time, apart from growing stronger, the fellow had long since lost the ability to offer any useful advice on these matters.
"This young man absolutely cannot join either of our tribes. It isn't that we can let him wreak havoc in the other tribes at will. The main reason is that our tribes conceal too many secrets, and we cannot let outsiders discover them."
The Sun Tribe Chief was indeed a very dependable man.
After learning that this young man was no ordinary person, he had already thought everything through.
Even if something unexpected happened later, he could keep the situation firmly under control without letting it slip beyond his grasp.
"Then which tribe do you think would be better? Are we really going to let that fellow join the Glazed Tribe?"
The Earth God Tribe Chief was clearly somewhat dissatisfied with this decision.
"You know perfectly well that although the Glazed Tribe isn't particularly powerful, its location is far too special."
"If we really let that young man join the Glazed Tribe, it would be no better than letting him join either of our tribes."
"At least if he joined one of our tribes, the two of us would have the strength to keep him in check."
The Earth God Tribe Chief's considerations were clearly much simpler.
"Of course we can't let that fellow join the Glazed Tribe. But what do you think of the Muddy Water Tribe?"
"The Muddy Water Tribe? A