The newcomer was slightly plump, with a ruddy complexion, and wore the gold-patterned robes of an inner sect elder of the Sunflame Sect.
"Yunshizi, spare me all this nonsense."
"Why did you send a message to stop me from acting?"
"The head of Floating Sun City is closer to the Conservative Faction to begin with. There's no chance of persuading him."
Yunjingzi offered the newcomer no courtesy whatsoever.
Despite the barrage, Yunshizi kept smiling. "Senior Brother Yunjingzi, the Conservative Faction at the Ancestral Court is still making an issue of what happened in New Sun City."
"Tensions between the two sides at the Ancestral Court are growing sharper by the day."
"If something happens to Floating Sun City as well, they really might drop all pretense and start fighting."
"That wouldn't necessarily be good for us."
Hot-tempered as ever, Yunjingzi snorted. "Are we supposed to be afraid of them?"
"If you ask me, settling things in a fight sooner rather than later would be a good thing."
"Those people are always getting in our way."
Yunshizi hurriedly said, "Senior Brother Yunjingzi, we absolutely cannot rush this."
"We haven't gathered enough power of faith to awaken even a sliver of the Crimson Radiance Heavenly Lord's divine power."
"And the sect master controls the spirit treasure. We wouldn't come out ahead in a direct confrontation."
At the mention of the spirit treasure, Yunjingzi's tone softened somewhat. "That still doesn't mean you have to make me stop."
"I guarantee I'll do it cleanly enough that they won't find any evidence."
Yunshizi smiled bitterly. "My dear senior brother, the Conservative Faction found no clues last time, but they've already pinned the blame on us."
"If we act again, they won't tolerate it, no matter how restrained they are."
"Besides, if we keep killing our