Although Niu Zhichun's actions seemed somewhat despicable, shameless, and fickle, they were actually very wise.
Though he had accepted a quest from Golden Wheel Temple, he was not a member of the temple himself, so he had no absolute allegiance to it.
At the end of the day, theirs was merely a cooperative—or rather, employment—relationship: he did work for them, and they gave him benefits.
After confirming that the player whose quest conflicted with his own was Ye Weiming, Niu Zhichun got over his brief panic and immediately weighed the pros and cons.
First of all, the seemingly foolproof trap he had devised would definitely be useless against Ye Weiming.
After all, that guy really could fly through the skies and burrow into the earth!
Having once been smashed by a boot, Niu Zhichun understood that better than anyone.
Since he could not trap Ye Weiming to death, there was no way he could complete this quest.
Not to mention the blue-robed nun's incredibly powerful ice-attribute poison palm, Ye Weiming alone was a mountain he could never overcome!
Thus, the clever student Niu Zhichun decisively abandoned the irrational idea of confronting Ye Weiming head-on.
If you can't beat them, join them!
Since the quest was already doomed to fail, he might as well sell this group of Golden Wheel Temple's foreign monks for a good price and at least earn Ye Weiming's gratitude.
Was Ye Weiming's gratitude useful?
It was incredibly useful!
Ever since they had first met at Chixia Manor, Niu Zhichun had never seen Ye Weiming let his friends suffer a loss.
Although he had once been tricked into losing quite a few Chivalry Points in Mongolia, firstly, that had been the consequence of his own cleverness, and secondly, he had indeed gained tangible benefits after losing those