As he spoke.
Ye Zhengxing was about to return the Seven-Leaf Cloud Smoke.
Li Yun reached out and stopped him.
He smiled calmly. "What kind of person do you take me for? Taking back something I've already given away—do you really think I'm the sort of petty, fickle villain who doesn't follow the rules?"
"I'm just telling you not to play clever little tricks."
"Your own karma is yours to bear. If you want to shift karma onto someone else, you have to offer value to match. Give and take—that is the rule."
Ye Zhengxing froze on the spot.
Now he understood completely. These three before him truly were fierce dragons crossing the river, filled with absolute confidence.
When encountering figures like this, one really could not try to be clever.
After thinking it over.
Ye Zhengxing put the Seven-Leaf Cloud Smoke away again.
He bowed deeply to Li Yun. "Ye Zhengxing thanks my lord for the reward."
Straightening up.
Ye Zhengxing asked cautiously, "But I wonder what brings you three lords to Starry Night City this time? Could you explain a little more clearly, so that I may think whether there is anything I can help with?"
"See... now you're being honest, aren't you?"
"When your strength is lacking, you should bow your head when it's time to bow your head. Don't count on playing clever tricks to kill with a borrowed knife. Driving wolves to devour tigers, killing with a borrowed knife—those are stories performed in tale-books."
"These days, those whose cultivation is higher than yours, whose strength is greater than yours... few of them are fools, understand?"
Ye Zhengxing smiled awkwardly. "Yes, yes... I was wrong. Truly, the Stars Palace and I have suffered Hua Tiancong's oppression and humiliation year after year, month after month, and it