"Did you do that on purpose?" Kong Cai'er asked Li Zhōujūn in puzzlement.
"Do what on purpose?" Li Zhōujūn asked, shrugging.
"Deliberately making that woman kneel from the west of the city to the east, and from the south to the north?" Kong Cai'er said. "You're gambling—gambling that the people of this commandery city will pity the mother and daughter. I, too, have fallen into your trap."
"Perhaps." Li Zhōujūn smiled.
"Aren't you afraid of earning a bad reputation? That fellow who kicked people down just now could still gain a good reputation by stepping on you." Kong Cai'er asked curiously.
"Can a reputation fill your stomach?" Li Zhōujūn retorted.
"No, but being able to treat your own reputation as dirt is worthy of admiration." Kong Cai'er said.
"And then? What do you want to do?" Li Zhōujūn asked.
"Naturally, I'll help that mother and daughter. When I, Kong Cai'er, give my word, it's as firm as a nail hammered into place." Kong Cai'er said. "At the same time, I apologize for my rudeness just now. To show my sincerity, I can grant you one request. Of course, it has to be reasonable. Otherwise, I won't agree."
"Forget the request. Just help that mother and daughter." Li Zhōujūn said.
Kong Cai'er was surprised. "Do you know that having me grant you one request is enough to change the course of your entire life?"
"I'm doing pretty well right now." Li Zhōujūn said.
At his words, the corner of Kong Cai'er's mouth twitched.
How many cultivators beneath the God Emperor realm would give anything for a request that could make her, a dignified God Emperor, agree to something?
And this mortal had actually refused?
Kong Cai'er was somewhat irritated. She was determined to make this mortal understand how formidable she was.