"The winds and clouds of the world change without warning-what do you mean?"
Di Yi felt that things seemed to have grown complicated. Otherwise, there would have been no need to tighten security so much.
"Other beings also want to enter the Fire Clan's ancestral land. They're difficult to deal with, and their origins are unknown," the old man explained, telling Di Yi that other forces had now become involved and were taking a very forceful stance.
"What grounds do they have?" Di Yi asked.
"Their grounds are simple. A member of the royal family once gave his word, promising to fulfill one condition for them. Now they've asked to enter the central forbidden zone of the Fire Clan's ancestral land," the old man answered.
"A royal promised them that? Is it valid?" Di Yi was surprised. The Fire Clan's ancestral land was a matter of great importance. A promise to fulfill one condition should have come with an additional stipulation excluding it.
"That's the crux of the problem." The old man explained that this condition was valid.
Whenever the Fire Clan's ancestral land opened to the clan's descendants, many royal scions would enlist disciples of the Primordial Divine Mountain, the Outer Domain Great Sects, and other such powers to seek opportunities together, hoping to maximize their gains.
But obtaining help from the Primordial Divine Mountain, the Outer Domain Great Sects, and the like was no simple matter. They had to make contact beforehand.
Since most of the gains went to the royal scions, who would form an alliance and cooperate without suitable payment in advance?
Over time, this had become an unwritten agreement. The Primordial Divine Mountain, the Outer Domain Great Sects, and the like all knew how to proceed if they wanted to enter the Fire Clan's ancestral