"Li Yan, you do not understand a clan's faith—especially what our clan's sacred beast represents. That is Qiongqi. Why do you think the Grand Elder went alone?
That was not simple impulsiveness. The Tianli Clan is like this: if one of ours dies, one of theirs must die as well. Even if we must pay a greater price, we will fight until one side is dead.
When the hearts of a clan scatter, it means there is no hope in their hearts, no faith, no cohesion. The Tianli Clan has been able to stand against the wind beasts of the three clans all this time because of the faith in our hearts—the faith to die so that our descendants may live..."
Gong Shanhe spoke those words, but Li Yan simply could not understand them.
In his view, a gentleman could take revenge ten years later without it being too late. Why be so hot-blooded?
"Then how do you and the Third Elder intend to solve the difficulties I mentioned?"
Although Li Yan was the patriarch of a sect, he truly did not know how to manage one, much less lead a clan that marched to the beat of its own drum. Thus, he simply returned to his own question.
If those problems could not be solved, he still needed to properly persuade Gong Shanhe. Once this situation passed, there was a ninety-percent chance they would fall into the other side's trap.
"You and Hongyin will help me guard the clan for a while longer—perhaps ten or twenty years. The Nascent Soul cultivators of the 'Qionglin Sect' and the fourth-rank 'Sea-Breaking Beasts' should clash during those years!
"Although we may have to wait a long time, perhaps the high-level cultivators of both sides will act before long. Opportunities can only be