For a moment, the air was so still that even the sound of breathing could be heard with perfect clarity.
In the end, the junior disciple broke the silence, his voice steeped in helplessness. He cupped his hands and bowed to the head of the Liu Household. "In that case, we will forgo these Gu Worms."
Xie Liang did not dare shout at the head of the Liu Household, so he vented his anger on his junior brother instead. "Have you gone mad? Will you shoulder the responsibility?"
Though the junior disciple was usually timid, seeing his senior brother offer no help and do nothing but throw his weight around made his tone grow sharper. "What else can we do? Snatch them from him? A person should know his own limits. Do you really have no idea how our strength compares to theirs?
"The fact that they could kill the chieftain in an instant means those two must at least have reached Nascent Soul, while we are only Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.
"If we actually fought, we would probably die even faster than the Wuyi Tribe's chieftain."
Those words were not merely meant for Xie Liang. They were intended more for the other side, a roundabout way of conceding.
Xie Liang curled his lip. "Fine, then. Either way, you will take full responsibility for this."
The junior disciple was already too weary at heart to speak. He merely cupped his hands toward the head of the Liu Household and left.
Watching the two retreating figures, one of the attendants could not help asking, "We're not killing them?"
The head of the Liu Household shook his head. "Those two bear the mark of the Heavenly Dawn Sect's sect master."
"The Endless-Reach Grass is fake!" Su Jiu practically ground the words