Chapter 593: Mindset Unbalanced

"As you command."

Patriarch Situ nodded, watching the faint blue silhouette disappear inside the grand hall from the high platform, his expression exceedingly ugly.

His original intent was to use delaying tactics to let the third family head come out and clean up the mess, but he hadn't expected the other party to wrap things up neatly and even turn around to play him at his own game.

While the Situ Household kept its doors shut for the better part of the day, Master Rong had already aligned them with new forces, and the factions among the cultivators within Aolai Country's borders became even clearer.

The Elders remained silent, for while the third family head indeed helped them solve a problem, he simultaneously tied an even bigger knot for them without any visibility.

Now, they had no choice but to support him with all their might.

"Father, the third family head did not blame me; our Situ Household's actions were completely in line with the third family head's wishes!"