Di Feng wore a golden cloak that radiated golden light, carrying an air of nobility.
Hearing Su Hao say this, he remained calm. "Last time, I came under orders. This time, I have likewise come under orders to find you. I did not return because I was unwilling to accept defeat."
"Oh?" Su Hao nodded. "So you came alone. It seems the Golden Crow Clan has no intention of forcibly taking Di Han away?"
"Yes." Di Feng gazed at Su Hao. "I recreated the scene from before for my father and the clan elders. They all felt that you would not mistreat Di Han, so it does no harm to let her remain here for now."
Just that simple?
Su Hao instinctively found it hard to believe. It had already been strange enough that Di Feng and the others had not even dared to fight and had simply retreated.
The Golden Crow Clan could not possibly be full of weaklings. Would they really abandon their plans over nothing more than a feeling?
"But there is one condition: you must not enslave Di Han. Take her as a disciple or treat her as a friend, either is fine—but never as a servant."
Di Feng spoke after a moment of deliberation.
Su Hao suddenly laughed.
"What are you laughing at?"
"She's already with me, and you can't take her away. How I treat her seems to be beyond your interference, doesn't it?"
Su Hao reminded him.
Di Feng's expression darkened. Things had already been said this plainly; if Su Hao chose to treat Di Han badly in private, the Golden Crow Clan truly would have little way to interfere.
But a verbal promise was not difficult, was it? He would not even give them that scrap of face!
Flames flickered around Di