Conflicts born of greed were all too common among Cultivators.
Especially when the resources of the Three States were at stake.
Otherwise, why would Duobao have specifically assigned Chen Che to defend the city, only to send people to take over after it was secured? It was all for the resources plundered from the Star-Picking Sect. This was a massive fortune for Jinyun Valley, and no less so for the Primordial Sect.
And so.
Even if it meant offending Chen Che to the point of no return, they had to keep these resources. When Teng Miao made his demand and Chen Che refused, he attacked without another word, intending to suppress Chen Che first and force the others to submit.
As a Vice Chief of a hall, he was certainly powerful. Though not on the level of Zuo Qinlong or Dou Shanhe, he was still at the Sixth Layer Peak.
He didn't hold back in his attack. As he raised his palm, a hurricane of energy gathered in the air, forming a massive cyan hand.
