A Great Divine Transcendent spoke up, trying to smooth things over.
After watching for a while, everyone had realized that if they continued to be at an impasse like this, even a hundred years might not yield any result. To continue any further would be nothing but a loss of face.
It wouldn't matter much if they lost face, but both parties were key figures of the Mystic Sect. If this farce went on, it wouldn't just be their own reputation at stake, but also the dignity of the Mystic Sect, and that was something the crowd could not tolerate.
"No, this cannot be. This old man is pushing his seniority too far and even dares to show disrespect to the Taoist Ancestors. As an enforcer of the Mystic Sect, how can I sit idly by and ignore this? Today, there must be an explanation."