On the right side of the long table.
The muscular, purple-eyed man rose to his feet and slapped the table before him, covering it in cracks.
"Second Brother, have all these years of bookkeeping ground every last shred of courage out of you?!"
"Our Jade Capital Society has dominated the Star Sea for so many years. When have we ever bowed to some human livestock who hasn't even reached the Transcendence Realm?"
"If you ask me, blood debts should be paid in blood!"
His voice thundered with rage.
"Give me three days to march on the Sea of Nine Harmonies, and I'll skin him and rip out his tendons as a warning to everyone else!"
"Recklessness is a grave mistake!" Ape Two frowned deeply and patiently explained his reasoning.
"Third Brother, don't be rash. This man killed Forgotten River and a whole group of Dao Masters. He's no ordinary opponent."
"Have you forgotten what I told you before?"
"Harmony brings wealth. That's the only way a merchant society can endure!"
"To hell with your way to endure!"
Ape Three refused to listen. Savage demonic energy rampaged through the hall as he retorted coldly.
"Second Brother, do you have any idea what people in the society are saying?"
"Chen Ling was one of the leading figures under my command!"
"He was slaughtered out there like that, and now we're supposed to send gifts and beg for peace? What will my subordinates think of me?!"
"That isn't important!" Ape Two scowled, squeezing the scroll until it creaked.
"And is that any way to speak to your second brother?!"
"...Quite a few of the society's elders have already voiced their complaints!"
Seeing Ape Two grow angry, Ape Three lost some of his bluster and could only say in a low voice:
"I'm just