Elder Kong’s words were immediately interrupted.
Tie Muhe gritted his teeth and took over, "No matter what, if we provoke Master Zi Ran, at worst, Iron Mountain Pavilion will just become an outcast. The grudge from having our territory leveled... must be avenged!"
He had envisioned the situation Iron Mountain Pavilion would find itself in after seeking revenge.
With just one word from Zi Ran, who in Xuanse Lake would still be willing to entertain them?
Some influences might even seize the opportunity to strike them while they’re down.
Others might target Iron Mountain Pavilion simply to have Zi Ran create a Three-Vortex Vortex Map for them.
Yet despite this, he had to act!
The shame upon the Sect ties to whether they can hold their heads high in the future.
"Elder Kong, what do you think?"
"Whatever the Sect Leader says!"
Elder Kong and his companion nodded in agreement with Tie Muhe’s decision.
Tie Muhe continued, "What about the messenger?"
"He shouldn’t have gone far. Should we..."
"No need, since he’s left, let him be; personally convey Iron Mountain Pavilion’s stance. Say that one day I will come in person with a formal apology!"
"Understood!"
With that, Elder Kong turned to leave.
Yet just as he turned, and Tie Muhe sighed, knocking was heard once more outside the door.
This time, the person knocking was the messenger from the Hundred Sects Alliance.
"Sect Leader Tie, Elder Tianchen has sent a letter!"
"Go get it now!"
Following Tie Muhe’s words, Elder Kong hurriedly opened the door to receive the letter.
"The man has yet to arrive, and the letter has come first. It seems urgent."
After handing the letter to Tie Muhe, Elder Kong couldn’t help but whisper a couple of comments at the side.
Elder Jin chimed in, "Could it be he’s advising us to go first while he casually heads to East Lake himself?"
"Stop guessing randomly."
Saying that, Tie Muhe crushed a Golden Bucket, drawing the letter from within.
He unfolded it.
And focused his gaze upon it.
Tie Muhe’s expression took on a different look once more.
Pain mixed with a tinge of helplessness, his hand holding the letter even started to tremble.
A Mountain Suppression Realm expert, having his hand shake over a letter, would be laughable if spread.
Seeing the situation, Elder Kong quickly took the letter, with Elder Jin glancing alongside.
Yet before they could read the first word, they saw Tie Muhe slump helplessly onto a chair, "Withdraw... go tell Yan Zheng, we are withdrawing..."
Upon hearing this unexpected decision, Elder Kong quickly focused on the letter.
From Elder Tianchen’s initial pleasantries to the final word-etched sentences, even Elder Kong stood frozen in place.
"How did it come to this!"
Elder Jin staggered back a few steps in bewilderment.
The letter slipped from Elder Kong’s hand at that moment too.
Sunlight fell upon the letter, shining right on the final words: Matters concerning the Immortal Sect cannot be meddled in by Heaven and Earth Lake forces. If we act, the catastrophe of extermination looms before us! Destroy after reading, do not let more people know.