Chapter 3104 — Weighing the Long Game
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Just as I sent the challenge out, the ancient tier still supported us—supported us in taking revenge. Everyone knew in their hearts that no sect is without its dirty secrets. So they all thought the Dark Night Elder had nothing better to do and was meddling in others' affairs. But who would have guessed that before long, the Dark Night Palace issued a statement too, saying that people of our Eastern Family had gone and captured their successor! One of those two girl students was actually a successor of the Dark Night Palace. And now look—the whole ancient tier is cursing our Eastern Family, saying we died well, that one death was too few, that the whole family ought to be wiped out!" Dongfang Jinxing said hatefully. "Now the Eastern Family is caught between a rock and a hard place. Revenge is well-nigh impossible; not to take revenge is to slap our own face. The humiliation has been carried all the way to the Pacific Ocean!"
"The Dark Night Palace issued its statement afterwards? After ours?" Dongfang Badao frowned. "If that is so, then they did it deliberately? Why not say it earlier—why wait until after we sent our challenge? Isn't this plainly meant to make the Eastern Family a spectacle? Jinxing, if you seize on this point, there is still a chance to turn things around!"
It must be said—old ginger is the hotter for its age. Dongfang Badao had found the way out at once. He had not said outright that the Dark Night Palace was lying, that it had done this on purpose, yet the other ancient-tier sects would inevitably let their imaginations run. By then, the pressure on the Eastern Family would ease considerably.
"Father, if that were really so, then what you say would be a fine plan. But the Dark Night Palace used carrier-pigeon transmission. From the look of it, they sent their statement out the moment yesterday's affair ended—it is only that everyone has received it just now. And we used the fax..." Dongfang Jinxing said meekly.
"This..." Dongfang Badao was stunned, then suddenly remembered that the Eastern Family used modern equipment throughout! In the past he had often mocked the other ancient-tier sects for being backward, for still wearing ancient garb and using carrier pigeons—wasn't that tiresome?
But today Dongfang Badao discovered that though the fax was convenient, if the Eastern Family had not had a fax, this matter would have been far easier to handle. After all, carrier-pigeon transmission was not as convenient as the fax: first a specialized beast-tamer had to show the pigeon a map to fix its direction before it could set out—and by the time that was done, the Dark Night Palace's message was already out!
Truly, the same man who makes you can also break you!
"Father, the matter can no longer be helped. Let us say nothing more of it. A temporary forbearance is only for the sake of a more satisfying revenge later!" Dongfang Yinxing spoke up now. "The Dark Night Palace, is it? Let us mark this debt down for now. Once this storm has passed, we will go make trouble for the Dark Night Palace—but now, it is impossible."
"Quite right, Yinxing speaks well. Jinxing, do not be angry either—do what needs doing. Send another elder to assist Dongfang Buruo, but no more capturing of girl students. Settle the matter of Xu Shilan, and then come back!" Dongfang Badao said.
"Yes, Father!" Dongfang Jinxing drew a deep breath, smoothed the stifled anger in his heart, nodded, and took his leave.
Though Dongfang Jinxing was furious beyond measure, once back in his room he still calmly dialed Dongfang Buruo's number and recounted the whole affair to him.