"Now, I only want to ask you one thing. Have you truly treated Su Jiu as our superior?"
With a bone age of sixty, she was a girl who could hardly have been younger in the eyes of people like them, who were several hundred years old on average.
Sometimes, it was not just Xiao Shen-even he would unconsciously forget that.
But Da Shen, at least, remained clearheaded and had a firm understanding of Su Jiu's position and status.
Xiao Shen was different. He had offered Su Jiu suggestions more than once along the way. Though Su Jiu had listened seriously to all of them, they actually had no right to point fingers at her decisions.
Faced with Da Shen's challenge, Xiao Shen fell silent.
Only after a long while did he stammer, "But we don't actually report directly to her..."
Before Xiao Shen could say more, Da Shen chuckled. "Even you don't sound very convinced by that."
Xiao Shen fell silent.
Yet Da Shen did not stop there. "No matter how briefly Su Jiu has been with us or how young she is, one thing cannot be denied: she holds the Profound Spirit Command Token and is the next Enforcement Hall Leader, as firmly settled as a nail driven into a board. Apart from Hall Master Xia, no one's authority supersedes hers-not even Deputy Hall Master Feng."
"Xiao Shen, I thought that, as an Enforcement Hall Disciple, you should have understood the stakes long ago. But you've disappointed me.
"And as your older brother, this is the last time I'll remind you. There won't be a next time!"
After roughly a day, Su Jiu and Ning Fan finally reached the entrance to the Demon-Subduing Land with the others.
The demonic qi here was already alarmingly dense, even denser