Li Yun was instantly dumbfounded.
Yun Shuiyao and the Cloud Cliff Saintess were equally baffled.
The Cloud Cliff Saintess even asked, "Clan Leader Huang, isn't that a perfectly normal question? How could it bring disaster upon oneself?"
"This..."
Huang Yushan's expression shifted between green and red.
Then, he suddenly cupped his hands toward Li Yun.
"Young Master Li, ladies... please forgive Huang for losing his composure. But there are some matters Huang truly dares not speak of. Huang is weak, and behind me is a whole family, more than two hundred lives whose safety rests on my shoulders. It truly is... I hope you can understand."
Having said that,
Huang Yushan actually turned around and prepared to leave the private room.
His actions were so swift and decisive that they left people rather stunned.
It was just one question. Was there any need to be frightened to this extent?
Still, Li Yun understood now.
His search for the Sparrow Emperor's descendants would likely encounter no shortage of twists and turns.
Yet the more it was like this, the more curious he became.
He was even less willing to let Huang Yushan leave just like that.
"Brother Huang, wait!"
Li Yun called out, stopping Huang Yushan, then rose and pressed him back into his seat.
"Young Master Li, you..."
"Hehe..."
Li Yun said no more. With a casual flick of his hand, he placed another Earth Origin Flower on the table.
"Brother Huang, let's have a little chat."
"I guarantee that no matter what you say in this private room, not a word will travel beyond it."
"This Earth Origin Flower shall be our token of friendship."
"What do you say?"
As the saying went, money could make ghosts turn millstones; money could make a hen abandon her trade!
Though Huang