Only then did Ye Xiwen realize that this imposing yet warmly smiling man was the Sect Master of the Guiyuan Sect.
Ye Xiwen hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "So it is the Sect Master. Thank you for taking me in during this time, Sect Master. I am deeply grateful!"
Ye Xiwen truly felt exceptionally grateful toward the Guiyuan Sect Master. There was no other reason: the Guiyuan Sect had begun paying attention to him long ago and had given him enormous help. When the two clans had come demanding his surrender, if not for the Guiyuan Sect standing firm like a pine on a mountain, Ye Xiwen would likely have died long ago.
Of course, even if the Guiyuan Sect had not sheltered him, he could have chosen to leave. At worst, he could have dusted off his backside and left the Yunxing Sea Territory. He was still confident he could escape. But there was no denying that the Guiyuan Sect had once protected him and had even been willing to fall out with the two clans on the spot for his sake. That was what Ye Xiwen valued most.
As the saying went, one should repay a drop of kindness with a gushing spring!
This was Ye Xiwen's philosophy for conducting himself. His tendency to repay every slight in full was, in truth, an embodiment of that very principle. Whatever others did to him, he returned it to them double.
If others treated him well, he treated them twice as well. Conversely, if others treated him badly, he paid it back double. It was that simple.
"It was nothing. We did not truly contribute much. Reaching this point was all the result of your own efforts!" The Guiyuan Sect Master did not claim credit. He merely looked at