After some thought, he decided to allow Lin Yifan to borrow these untranslated ancient books. However, he required Lin Yifan to promise to return them intact.

Lin Yifan responded with, "If I find out you're hiding something from me, these books, I won't return them; if you aren't hiding anything, I'll return them perfectly intact."

"You're taking it too far."

"There's no helping it, the strong are domineering like this. It depends on whether you choose to side with him or stand against him and oppose him!"

"Damn it, how annoying!"

The Zhuoma Clan Leader was furious and felt an urge to slap Lin Yifan to death.

Lin Yifan had placed a difficult problem before him, essentially forcing him to reveal the location of the Twin Peaks and Blue Moon Valley. He hated the feeling of being threatened, and so he was very angry.

Actually, it would have been better if Lin Yifan hadn't brought up this choice, but now that he had, he really wasn't sure, especially concerning those ancient families that held a grudge against their Zhuoma Clan.

If those ancient families were to leak the information about the Twin Peaks and Blue Moon Valley to Lin Yifan, Lin Yifan would destroy the wealth their Zhuoma Clan had painstakingly accumulated over thousands of years.

So, despite his anger and irritation, he had to calm down, weigh the pros and cons, and think it over.

"To deal with you old sly foxes, you have to be this malicious."

Lin Yifan never believed what the other party said from the start, and now the other's irritability and hesitation confirmed it.

It seemed that the Zhuoma Clan Leader did know the whereabouts of the Twin Peaks and Blue Moon Valley, which was fantastic news for him.

If it weren't for the lives of thousands of people in the entire clan, the Zhuoma Clan Leader would really go all out against Lin Yifan.

After some consideration, he decided to consult with some old friends and hear their opinions. If they agreed to pass, he wouldn't hinder them at all, so he responded, "Could you give me a few days to think?"

"Okay! I'll give you one day to consider. If you don't provide a satisfactory response, I'll take all the ancient books here with me."

"One day? Can you give a few more days?"

"How many days do you need to think about a question? Not even one more day is enough!"

Lin Yifan was adamant because he didn't want to waste time.

The Zhuoma Clan Leader was resigned, but one day should be enough, so he replied, "Alright! One day then!"

The disagreement settled, Lin Yifan chose to stay in the Cave Mansion to "watch over" the Zhuoma Clan's "wealth."

And the Zhuoma Clan Leader and two herdsmen chose to leave.

After the confrontation, the two herdsmen clearly saw Lin Yifan's strength. A person who could easily neutralize even the Zhuoma Clan Leader's attack was undoubtedly divine among gods, and they decided it was best not to provoke him in the future.

Seeing the Clan Leader, who hadn't left the cave in years, actually come out, the Zhuoma Clan members were first shocked, then filled with confusion, especially the elders.

They didn't know what had happened, so they stepped forward to inquire, "Clan Leader, what's going on? Why did you come out?"

"Nothing much, let's hold a meeting!"

After speaking, the Zhuoma Clan Leader headed straight to the clan's meeting hall, with other clan elders following closely.

They sensed that something significant had happened, otherwise, the Clan Leader wouldn't be so troubled.

In the meeting, the Zhuoma Clan Leader laid everything out and asked the clan members for their opinions.

"Clan Leader! Is that kid really so arrogant and threatening to our Zhuoma Clan?"

"Yes! He's extremely arrogant."

"Is his power really that terrifying?"

"Otherwise, do you think I would have left the retreat?"

The Zhuoma Clan Leader responded irritably. He originally planned to advance another realm before coming out, but unexpectedly, a young punk forced him out, which greatly angered him.

"The Twin Peaks and Blue Moon Valley are sanctuaries for our entire Western Plateau, and no one is allowed to infringe!"

"But he's more powerful than you!" The Zhuoma Clan Leader laid out a very real problem.

"So what if he's strong? Let's unite with other ancient families and face him together!"

"What if he has a super sect behind him? Besides, are you all truly ready to sacrifice your lives?"

At the mention of the word "life," all the impassioned people fell silent; indeed, no one isn't afraid of death; otherwise, why struggle to live in this world?

"Clan Leader, what do we do now?"

"I want to first see what the opinions of several old friends are. If they decide to unite against outsiders, we'll unite against outsiders; if they choose to tell, we'll choose to tell."

What he referred to as "uniting against outsiders" didn't mean opposing Lin Yifan, but rather collectively hiding the truth from Lin Yifan.

There are only a few people who understand the ancient Western Region language, and as long as these few people keep their mouths shut, even if Lin Yifan has boundless abilities, he can't tell if what he's saying is true or false.

But the hearts of people are hard to unite, and he's not very confident, so he can only try and see.

The clan elders thought the Clan Leader's idea was relatively stable and asked, "When will the Clan Leader set out?"

"I'll set out now!"

"Should we go with you?"

"No need, I can go alone."

Too many people would be a burden; going alone is just right. After all, in the Western Plateau, there aren't many who can match him; thus, he'd be very safe.

The Clan Leader insisted, and the clan elders had no choice but to comply.

Thus, the Zhuoma Clan Leader left the Zhuoma Clan for the first time in many years.

Over several hours, he gathered his old friends to jointly discuss a significant matter.

Upon learning that there was a cultivator from the Central Plains interested in the Cold Moon Palace, these leaders of the ancient families were furious, yet they also wore worried expressions.

They had studied the Central Plains cultivation world, and it was incredibly powerful, something their Western Region cultivation world couldn't contend with.

Confrontation wasn't the only way out, and jointly hiding the truth was also a path.

Actually, they were fine; they would unite together. The difficulty lay with a few adversarial ancient families. If these people betrayed the Cold Moon Palace, the Zhuoma Clan would be ruined. In the end, they wouldn't be able to prevent that Central Plains cultivator from infringing the Cold Moon Palace, and they might even bury the entire clan's fate.

To test the intentions of these adversarial ancient families, they took a risk and invited these individuals to join the discussion.

Learning that other cultivators were eyeing the Cold Moon Palace, leaders of these alternate faction ancient families thought informing that Central Plains cultivator of the Cold Moon Palace's location might not be a bad idea.

Because up until now, they hadn't managed to break through the Cold Moon Palace's superficially solid prohibition formation. Unable to crack it, it meant they could never own the peerless Western Region martial arts inside the Cold Moon Palace.

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