After thinking it over carefully, Chen Muyun finally spoke.
"Xia Le, I don't know what rules and principles you have on the surface."
"But now that you're in the Undercity and with the corps, you have to follow the Undercity's rules and uphold the corps' principles."
"He Hao was right."
"Whether it's the Undercity or the corps."
"We're all one whole. When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer."
"So you shouldn't have stolen your teammate's kill. That's a grave taboo."
"Since this is your first offense, and you've only just come from the surface, you'll need time to adjust to many things."
"So I'll let it go this time."
Chen Muyun looked toward He Hao again.
"Xiao He, your intentions were good."
"And what you said wasn't wrong."
"But you have to understand that Xia Le just joined us and doesn't know many of the rules."
"If he did something wrong, you could complain to me, but you can't take matters into your own hands."
"Likewise, this is your first offense, so we'll let it go this time."
"Don't let it happen again."
Finally, he looked at the two of them. "Do you have any objections?"
He had given both sides fifty strokes of the cane.
He had pointed out where each of them was wrong.
Neither He Hao nor Xia Le had any objections to Chen Muyun's handling of the matter.
But Yu Ying, with his long face, said softly, "When all's said and done, you still look down on those of us from the surface. Then again, we're ultimately stepchildren. It's only normal for us to be treated differently."
As soon as he finished speaking,
Dugu Changxin roared, "Yu Ying, what did you say?"
"You're inciting opposition and sowing discord. What exactly are you up