The smile on Qin Yuan's face gradually faded.
As the patriarch of the Qin Household of Jade Balance Heaven, when had he ever been left hanging like this?
He took a deep breath and spoke again. His tone was still polite, but it had lost all warmth:
"Fellow Daoist Si, you may be a newly ascended Immortal King. I understand that there are things you don't know."
"But this woman, Jiang Ling, has her hands stained with the blood of every Immortal Domain."
"...Which Immortal Domain doesn't have a debt she owes?"
"Are you certain..."
"You want to offend all of us for her sake?"
The Immortal Kings behind Qin Yuan said nothing, but all of them took half a step forward.
Their meaning went without saying.
Si Chen's expression did not change at all after he heard this. "I'm certain."
He did not even spare Qin Yuan another glance.
That attitude of utterly disregarding him was more of a slap in the face than any retort.
Qin Yuan's face darkened completely.
Si Shuo frowned.
He stepped forward, putting himself in front of Si Chen.
"Immortal King Qin."
He cupped his hands, his tone neither servile nor overbearing:
"I don't know what grievances lie between you and Fairy Jiang, nor do I wish to know."
"But this has nothing to do with my nephew."
"He only just arrived in the Immortal Realm. He doesn't understand any of this."
"If you have a problem, come at me."
He was utterly serious as he said this, all the playful grins gone from his face.
He was not even sure whether this nephew of his was actually an Immortal King.
But he knew that he was the Third Master of the Si Household.
He was Si Chen's Third Uncle.
How could he let