Chapter 3104 — Weighing the Long Game
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Compared with ascending to the Heavenly Dao, what were the petty scandals of the sect worth? So everyone felt that the Dark Night Elder had done far too little—he ought to have killed Dongfang Buruo as well!
Naturally, Dongfang Jinxing received the news at the first possible moment, and was nearly sick with rage!
The person Dongfang Cha had captured just happened to be a successor the Dark Night Palace was searching for? Could it really be such a coincidence? Yet he knew the Dark Night Palace could not possibly lie about this—one check would reveal the truth—so the one Dongfang Cha had taken was undoubtedly a successor of the Dark Night Palace. That also explained why the Dark Night Elder had flown into a rage and killed for no apparent reason: you had nearly ruined their successor, and no one could have accepted that.
"I'm furious, furious!" Dongfang Jinxing felt he had done something unbelievably stupid. Had he known the truth beforehand, he would never have issued that challenge. Now the Eastern Family had become the laughingstock of every ancient-tier sect. It would have been bad enough that no one supported them—but the crux was that everyone was cursing the Eastern Family for being shameless: they had committed the offense, yet played the victim and laid the blame first, feigning grievance to deceive everyone's sympathies!
Dongfang Jinxing knew the Eastern Family's prestige had not merely plummeted—even if they wished to make trouble for the Dark Night Palace, they could not. For now, none of the ancient-tier sects supported the Eastern Family's course of action!
Had there been no challenge beforehand, then once the Dark Night Palace issued its statement, Dongfang Jinxing could still have stepped forward to play the wronged party and drum up sympathy. After all, yes, we captured your successor—but how were we to know? Could you not have given us a word of warning? Was killing really the only way?
In that case, perhaps some would still have sided with them. Ignorance is no crime, is it not? Who is free of fault? If it had been someone from another ancient-tier sect, would you have cut them down just the same?
But now, saying anything was useless—further talk would only add to the mockery.
Drawing a deep breath, Dongfang Jinxing hurried to Dongfang Badao's room. This time he did not knock, nor wait for a word from within; he simply walked straight in.
"Jinxing, has the challenge been sent?" Seeing Dongfang Jinxing barge in like that, Dongfang Badao was at once displeased. You are a cultivator yourself—do you not know what a bad thing it is to disturb another's cultivation like this?
Still, Dongfang Badao took Dongfang Jinxing's manner for sheer excitement, an eagerness to deal with the Dark Night Palace, and said nothing more of it.
"Yes, it has been sent!" Dongfang Badao nodded, his face savage. "But this time, our Eastern Family has lost face—and badly!"
"Oh? What do you mean?" Dongfang Badao was startled, and beside him Dongfang Yinxing opened his eyes as well, staring at Dongfang Jinxing in puzzlement.