The Seventh Layer of the Hua Family courtyards—the Clan Leader's residence.
Jiang Jichen looked at the Hua Family Patriarch, whose face still bore a sickly pallor. "You did all this for the sake of the Hua Family," he began. "Right now, the Hua Family is in decline, on the verge of collapse. On the surface, the two most powerful figures in the family are the Grand Elder and yourself. If you two were to fight, even if you won, it would be a pyrrhic victory. Without experts like you and the Grand Elder to keep things stable, a family like ours would be swiftly annexed and destroyed. Therefore, there's no benefit to fighting. What's more, in your current condition, victory is not guaranteed. That's why, a moment ago, the only option was to de-escalate—to turn a big problem into a small one, and a small one into nothing. At the very least, you must maintain a facade of peace to prevent outsiders from seizing an opportunity!"
