938 Mercy 1 (1/2)
Dyon smiled. ”You're not a bad elder.”
With his Perception, seeing through the character of people weaker than him was quite a simple matter under normal circumstances. Although Inner Sect elders were lower level saints, and Dyon was suppressed to less than 50% of his peak prowess, he wasn't so out of it that he couldn't handle a 4th grade saint.
According to the rules, Dyon was in fact in the wrong. So, he didn't find any issues with an elder being angry with him. He just didn't care.
Just a few days ago, dozens of elders watched Donari kill an inner disciple and no one made a move on him. Dyon wouldn't wantonly kill people, in fact, he wasn't even serious about killing that inner disciple who brought him his robes, but that didn't mean he would allow slaps to his face in the name of following the rules.
This said, Dyon still needed Unseen Peak. There was a reason he hadn't just used the same overbearing tactic to force his way in Soul Rending Peak, and that was because the elders of that main peak couldn't be so easily dealt with by Dyon even in his unsuppressed state, let alone his suppressed one. As such, he was forced to take advantage of Unseen Peak. In the end, this meant that Dyon's rule breaking actions still had to maintain an air of rationality, lest he lose his foothold into Soul Rending Peak.
The elder, still standing in the skies, was stunned by Dyon's words, and even more surprised that they didn't come with a mocking tone.
Just as the elder was about to respond, another voice interrupted him.
”Dealing with this is beneath you, esteemed elder. Allow this little one to take the role of senior brother and discipline those who need to be disciplined.”
The crowd couldn't help but suck in a breath when they saw the lineup of seven individuals who entered the pavilion.
Five core disciples. A Soul Rending Peak disciple. And their Legatee? It wasn't often that they saw even one of these characters, let alone seeing them all at once.
The elder frowned when he heard this. Even if he was a five-year-old child he would be able to tell at this point that this situation wasn't so simple as it seemed. These arrogant children didn't even show due respect to their elders, let alone speaking so cordially to him now and even offering to help discipline and add structure to the sect. Clearly, they had instigated this.
However, although he had a strong moral compass as an elder, that moral compass also forced him to follow the rules. He had already been overstepping his bounds by questioning Dyon in the first place, although in reality, it was only because he didn't recognize Dyon.