Apart from rebutting Mo Canshan once and showing his displeasure, Li Yan said nothing more.
He kept weighing the three people's words, while repeatedly warning himself.
The power of a great sect like this was not something he could borrow at will. From now on, he would have to be careful, careful, and more careful still.
He must not take others for fools. The Wangliang Sect had already worked out his intentions, and now they had reached the final fork in the road.
They certainly did not want to act as though the near-total annihilation of the lower realm Wangliang Sect's high-ranking cultivators had never happened, but neither did they want to fall out openly with another great sect over a single lead he had provided.
No wonder they spent all these years searching for me. As soon as I returned, the main hall steward and Senior Brother Sun kept reminding me that the sect needed to verify this matter. They really were waiting to make their final judgment...
That judgment would form an important basis for the decisions the Wangliang Sect's higher-ups made afterward.
Previously, this might have been a matter a Void Refinement cultivator could settle. But because his value had suddenly risen, even the sect master had to step forward to resolve it.
The Body Integration Realm sect master had been listening quietly all along. Rather than express her own opinion or follow the suggestions of the two below her, she had turned the question to him.
Li Yan knew full well that if he refused, the final outcome would certainly develop in the direction Mo Canshan wanted.
Although Li Yan had not lived through the long years these three had, his mind was as cunning as a demon's. They had approached him with such caution.
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