Duan Yun's reply could truly be called watertight.
He had neither overly deliberately fawned upon the Yang Clan nor failed to clearly express Chuyun Pavilion's stance.
This made the other Northwest True Intent Cultivators behind him curse "old fox" in their hearts once again.
With this declaration from him, Chuyun Pavilion would be able to securely rank behind Donglai Sect and the Tiger Chasing Dynasty in the Northwest's new future order after this matter.
However, his final words still concealed a few of his own little calculations.
Setting others aside, with Yang Lingqing's intelligence, she certainly would not let him exploit such a loophole so easily.
Thus, after Duan Yun finished speaking, she merely smiled and shook her head. "Senior Duan's words are not wrong, but one thing is one thing. This time, our Yang Clan did not contact Chuyun Pavilion beforehand, yet you still provided assistance. You should rightfully receive the Su Family's remaining wealth."
"How about this? The same as Tiger Chasing—if nothing remains in the end, our Yang Clan will compensate Chuyun Pavilion from the future output of the West Vein Spirit Mine."
These words were practically a clear indication to Duan Yun that if he wished to repay the favor of rescue in their hour of need, merely declaring his stance and taking sides was still far from enough.
Duan Yun understood this perfectly well. He immediately stopped dwelling on the matter and simply said, "I shall leave it to the Yang Family Patriarch's arrangements."
After the Western forces had discussed how the Su Family's remaining wealth would be divided, they entered the West Vein Spirit Mine one after another.
After personally conducting an inspection, Chen Yang confirmed that the cores of the four spirit mines still remained.
Before leaving, Su Dingcang had likely emptied out