The red-faced old man scowled. “Elder Li,” he said, his voice laced with dissatisfaction, “has our Cangfeng Sect truly fallen so low? We are making an exception over the life and death of a mere mortal?”
Elder Li opened his eyes, their gaze as cold as a winter morning. “Elder Ma, the patriarch instructed me to handle this matter. If it is not handled properly, and this piece of trash attempts suicide a second time, do you think his parents will