"Master, you've only seen Shang Jun and Yin Huayi defending each other from outside threats, but have you ever considered that they might turn on each other? Sometimes, the affection between people on the surface is nothing but a sham. Only those who know them understand that their true cause is that they are united in appearance but divided at heart. I think Shang Jun is just as ambitious. Why should all the benefits visibly go to the younger brother? Is the elder brother supposed to be a fool? Sometimes, a useless person merely endures for a while—but that doesn't mean he'll be useless forever." I smiled.
Li Tianjing suddenly saw the light. As if recalling one thing after another, he hurriedly asked, "You mean Shang Jun is pretending to be free of desire, refusing to claim even the slightest benefit, when in reality he wants to avoid the limelight and slowly scheme for his younger brother's position?"
"Exactly, Master. Shang Jun and Yin Huayi have different mothers but the same father. But thinking about it, dragons beget dragons and phoenixes beget phoenixes. How could children who both managed to enter the Heavenly Dao realm differ too greatly in ability and temperament? Even if they aren't stronger than their father, how much weaker could they be? I carefully investigated the records. Before this, Shang Jun was still the deputy leader of Tongyu Tianxuan Dihuang. His actions had the City Lord of Sky City tearing his hair out, and he even arranged a major assassination attempt against the City Lord of Sky City. But after he fled here from the Extreme East Immortal Sect, he suddenly changed his nature? That can't be right, can it?" I asked.
Li Tianjing was startled, then asked, "You certainly know quite a lot. So Shang