A Lantern Across Mountains and Seas
Chapter 420

Each with their own hidden agenda

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He had set the threshold so low that he had personally ruled out even his own daughter, yet he remained utterly unruffled, without the slightest concern.

And indeed, there was nothing worth worrying about.

Ever since he had prepared to sweep the Bright Mountain Sect out of the competition, he had already thought this through. He could pull it out and use it whenever he pleased.

As for whatever oath his daughter and Shi Chun had sworn, something about Summer Path Mountain not competing with the Bright Mountain Sect for first place, or else he would die a horrible death...

He did not consider himself to have broken any oath. Had Summer Path Mountain competed against your Bright Mountain Sect in the same arena? You did not even qualify to enter, and that was not something Summer Path Mountain decided. Summer Path Mountain was merely competing against others, not against your Bright Mountain Sect.

Before anyone else could speak-and not daring to wait for certain people to speak-Luo Yan immediately seized the floor. "There's no need to lower the threshold to two fires. Our main target is still the Bright Mountain Sect's group. There's no need to target the entire Artifact Refining World."

He had to define the matter quickly. If most people agreed, opposing it afterward would mean forcing others to accommodate him. Within any group, the minority yielding to the majority was a principle that held everywhere.

By speaking first, he could still wield the authority of the foremost sect, making people think twice about openly opposing him.

He actually understood Gu Yanduo's intentions too. Others might not know how many divine fires Summer Path Mountain's people had absorbed, but he had a spy among them. How could the information brought back be unreliable?

That Gu fellow's daughter

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