"These people really are all unreliable!"
In the Jun Sea Region, on Goldsource Island, Qian Kun and the others once again worked to rally support everywhere, trying to change the Council of Elders' will.
But to his frustration and helplessness, the other elders still maintained their air of hanging high above anything that did not concern them, utterly unmoved.
Pei Qingguang even turned around and advised him, "Fellow Daoist Qian, please consider the bigger picture and put stability first!"
"The bigger picture?" Qian Kun nearly retched.
Those were words a superior like him said to others. He was the bigger picture! When had he ever needed someone else to say such things to him?
Pei Qingguang said, "Don't resent it. The Incense Accumulation Sect is no longer what it once was. Its importance to the bigger picture is no less than your Qian Household's. What harm is there in swallowing a little grievance?
"Besides, do you think that because Li Ling could call in helpers to deal with Qian Fu, he can't summon them again to deal with others?
"Helping you avenge your grudge would mean gravely offending the Immortal Sects. How foolish that would be."
The other elders also said, "The sea cannot fall into chaos yet, nor can our Money Guild offend the Immortal Sects too deeply. Please think it over carefully."
Qian Kun looked at them coldly and offered no further argument.
At this point, he had no choice but to reflect. In the past, relying on his status as a Nascent Soul Cultivator and a grand elder of the Money Guild, he had sailed smoothly through everything and truly suffered no setbacks.
Now that he faced a formidable enemy like Li Ling, his weaknesses had immediately come to light.
*With things as they are, it truly