"Old man Long, have you still not faced reality?"
"Your ancestor was an attendant, sure, but how many years ago was that? He rotted in the ground long ago."
"If your ancestor really had any blessings left to shelter you, the Danyang Sect wouldn't have refused to give your family even a nominal disciple's place."
"You're still this naive at your age. You've really lived all those years for nothing. The Danyang Sect looks at the present, not your ancestors' past favor."
"I can guarantee that if my Si Household wipes out your Long Household, the Danyang Sect absolutely won't go to war with Tai Chi Hall over that little ancestral favor of yours."
Si Wu's rebuke left Long Qingshan speechless.
His aged face flushed crimson.
Having lived so many years, how could he not know that once a man was gone, his tea went cold?
Most of that so-called ancestral favor served only to stop the mouths of the living.
On this trip to the Danyang Sect's outer sect, he had met with a flat rebuff.
The Si Household had always coveted the Long Household's ancestral estate. They had not dared move against them before because they lacked the strength.
But things were different now. Once Si Rui became an alchemy disciple of Sunset Glow Peak, he would surely spare no effort to take the Long Household for himself.
And the Danyang Sect would not go to war with Tai Chi Hall, a fellow sect of the Immortal Alliance, over a promise based on that little bit of so-called ancestral favor.
Si Wu was right about that. The Danyang Sect valued the present and development, not some ancestral favor from the past. That was a burden.
"I agree."
It was Long Shuang'er's voice.
"No!"
Long Qingshan and his two