"Do you recognize your mistake?" the patriarch of the Longevity Lineage asked gravely from the seat of honor.
At that moment, the youth kneeling on the left suddenly straightened his back, raised his head, and looked the patriarch directly in the eye. He said, enunciating every word, "Patriarch, this disciple does not believe he did anything wrong. The thing was right there. Even if we didn't touch it, someone else would. Since that's the case, why couldn't we take it into our own hands? That's the entire Mortal Realm!
"As long as we control the Mortal Realm, then we..."
Bang!!
Before he could finish, one of the elders seated along the sides finally could not bear to listen any longer. He slammed his palm heavily onto the table beside him and snapped, "Insolence!"
A terrifying pressure swept over them in an instant, forcing the youth's previously straight back to bend.
"Do you have any idea what you're saying? That is the Mortal Realm, forbidden territory for cultivators! Do you think you're the only clever one? The Mortal Realm is vast. Do you think the other powers don't want it? Do you think the Devil Race and Demon Race aren't tempted? But why haven't they acted? Because they can't see it, or because they're fools? Neither! It's because that place must not be touched!"
"Our Longevity Aristocratic Clan lives in seclusion and never involves itself in the disputes of the outside world. Do you realize that what you've done has pushed the entire lineage into the sight of every power in the Cultivation Realm?"
The people kneeling on the floor trembled, but still said defiantly, "Then let them see us! Are we afraid of them?"
"Fools! Even now, you refuse to repent! Where exactly is that thing? Hurry up and take