The Tricks Only Alchemists Understand

Xuan Yi's reason was perfectly appropriate.

Thunder Venerable did not give it any further thought.

Actually, from another perspective, it was perfectly normal not to be suspicious.

The one who should have been suspicious was Xuan Yi.

After all, she had only just taken in a disciple. Before she had even finished a cup of tea, Thunder Venerable had come directly to her door on behalf of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion. If anyone should have been suspicious, it should have been Xuan Yi questioning the Wind and Thunder Pavilion's intentions. Their utilitarianism and ulterior motives were far too obvious.

That was not to say that being overly utilitarian and purposeful was necessarily a bad thing.

Many matters had to be viewed dialectically.

Subjectively speaking, people did not visit temples without a reason. There was also the saying, "Unsolicited kindness conceals either treachery or theft." Anyone asking for help surely had their own calculations. After all, only those offering help could sit as steady as Tai Mountain. They wanted nothing, so they had no need to flatter anyone, lower themselves, or consider the bigger picture.

Just like Hun Tiandi.

Who dared demand that he consider the bigger picture?

He himself represented the bigger picture!

However, objectively speaking, as long as one could understand the relationship between the petitioner and the one being petitioned, and test just how sincere the petitioner was, the requested party could seize the opportunity to fleece the other side mercilessly.

You were asking me for help, not the other way around.

So you had to act according to my expression, not me according to yours.

Thus, it all boiled down to one sentence: what did I have to be embarrassed about?

Because of all those unspoken rules...

Well, the rules everyone understood but never voiced...

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