Chu Xun swept a glance at Lin Cang Hai but said nothing.
"Why? Are you trying to welch again? Li Mu Yang wasn't even afraid of death, yet you're afraid to honor the bet and kneel to apologize?"
"What does something between me and someone else have to do with you? Why are you butting in?" No matter what, Chu Xun was still a member of the Xifeng Royal Family. His father was an idle prince, but he was still a prince who stood below only one person and above thousands. As the young prince who would inherit his father's title in the future, kneeling and apologizing to a savage from the grasslands would ultimately damage his reputation if word got out.
Besides, he couldn't afford to lose face. Countless Starry Sky Scholars were watching him right now. If he knelt to Tie Mu Xin here, then once he returned to Starry Sky Academy, he would probably become a laughingstock among the Starry Sky Scholars. His cousins who had remained at the academy wouldn't let him off either.
"Where there's injustice, there must be an outcry." Lin Cang Hai let out repeated cold laughs. "Who was it just now shouting for people to honor their bets?"
Lin Cang Hai deliberately raised his voice and shouted, "Li Mu Yang honored his bet and entered the Weak Water ahead of time, searching for a way into the realm for us Starry Sky Scholars, yet someone else is going back on his word and trying to welch on his debt. Tell me, everyone—isn't this sort of person deserving of everyone's contempt?"
"That's right. Those who should go into the water should go in, and those who should kneel should kneel."
"Chu Xun, don't make us laugh at you."
"A gentleman's promise is worth