Chapter 974: Demanding Compensation, One More Time

Seeing Qin Xiao speak in such a manner, Lü Zhengyuan assumed he had conceded, so he turned his attention back to the Heavenly Fire Sect first.

“Yuan Xuezhen, I may have been away for years, but I am still Wind Moon Sect’s former Sect Master. You have bullied my sect this badly. Unless you give me a satisfactory answer, Heavenly Fire Sect need not exist beyond today.”

Lü Zhengyuan addressed Yuan Xuezhen directly.

“Back then, you abandoned the sect and left, and I mocked you for a long time. I never thought that in the blink of an eye, you would become a Pseudo-Emperor Realm expert. It seems I was the short-sighted one. Matters have reached this point, and I will not make excuses. Defeat is defeat. Whatever you want, just state your terms.”

Yuan Xuezhen stood up, straightened his robes, and replied to Lü Zhengyuan.

He was Heavenly Fire Sect’s Sect Master. If he did not take responsibility, who would?

“Then I will speak plainly. From today on, Wind Moon Sect will no longer be subordinate to Heavenly Fire Sect. We will answer only to South Emperor Mountain. Your people may not enter our territory without cause. And you will compensate our losses tenfold. These small demands are reasonable, are they not?”

Lü Zhengyuan weighed his options before stating his conditions.

Heavenly Fire Sect dominated the Southern Region’s Western District and had four Great Luo experts. Threatening to destroy it was one thing; doing it was another. With Shuang Gong present, South Emperor Mountain would never permit it.

Once he finished assisting, he intended to withdraw again without returning to the Wind Moon Sect. The sect alone lacked the strength to suppress the Heavenly Fire Sect, making outright independence the most viable path.

So long as the Wind Moon Sect fell under the direct jurisdiction of South Emperor Mountain, the Heavenly Fire Sect would have to think twice before acting. Backed by his own Pseudo-Emperor Realm cultivation, it would provide an alternate form of security.

As for the tenfold compensation, it would force the Heavenly Fire Sect to bleed enough to smooth the matter over. Major issues were turned into minor ones, and minor ones into nothing.

Wherever one went, getting along in the world depended on relationships, not just fighting and killing.

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