A beautiful woman was not necessarily lovable, and a fast horse was not necessarily strong.
Beautiful women often lacked tenderness, while swift horses often lacked endurance.
Jiang Dali naturally understood this principle. He also knew that Demon Lord Bai Suzhen, who had been betrayed by the God of Longevity and Immortality, might not be as simple as she appeared, and not everything she said was necessarily true.
However, she could not exactly be called clever either. Clever women knew that if they wanted to conquer a man, they could never resort to force. Only a tender smile was a woman's finest weapon.
If Bai Suzhen had not grown too powerful too quickly back then, even the arrogantly divine God of Longevity and Immortality would not have felt threatened enough to poison and harm his own wife.
But from another perspective, the God of Longevity and Immortality's arrogance was merely outward strength masking inner weakness.
For a truly proud person was often supremely confident and would never do something shameful—being afraid that his wife would surpass him and poisoning her because of it was shameful no matter how one looked at it.
Thus, for someone inwardly proud like Jiang Dali, he did not fear the seemingly powerful God of Longevity and Immortality. He even held him in some contempt, believing this god was only powerful on the surface and was actually just a sinister petty man.
Therefore, he ultimately decided to join forces with Bai Suzhen to deal with the God of Longevity and Immortality. This was mainly because the sinister god had hidden himself away while constantly stirring up trouble. Furthermore, Sou Shen Gong's sphere of influence was within the Song State, making it a threat close to home that had to be removed.
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