A fight was clearly out of the question. Though wary, Ou Tianrong had no choice but to act as if nothing had happened. She ordered her disciples to quickly clean up the mess, then suppressed her pain and led Lin Hui to a temporary study used for receiving guests.
After racking her brain and still not understanding how she had lost, Ou Tianrong's mindset gradually straightened out. She decided to agree to all of Lin Hui's demands, as long as they weren't too excessive, treating it as ceding territory and paying reparations.
No matter how vast the Baihua Sect's business was or how many connections it had, at its core, it was still a martial arts school and had to abide by the rules of a formal challenge.
If the challenge were successful, the Baihua Sect itself might continue unscathed. After all, its business and network of contacts wouldn't change just because of a new Sect Leader.
But the same could not be said for her, Ou Tianrong.
