"Feeling wronged?"
After settling the Night Feather Hall Crowd, Lu Feng went to find Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan was startled for a moment, then understood that Lu Feng was referring to how he had been mocked and humiliated by the likes of the Black Scorpion Gate and Bone Toad Manor while guarding the mountain.
Feng Yuan gave a desolate laugh, his smile tinged with bitterness, and answered without concealment, "I can bear the grievance well enough, but I'm furious. If I weren't afraid of bringing trouble upon Young Master, with my temper, I would certainly have fought them to settle who stood higher and who lower."
Lu Feng asked evenly, "Did you feel that my arrangement for you to handle the reception today was meant to humiliate you?"
"Young Master—" Feng Yuan's face turned pale as he hurriedly said, "Please do not say such words that diminish this lowly one. Since this lowly one promised to guard the mountain for Young Master, there shall not be the slightest complaint. Besides, Young Master's kindness toward my children is heavier than a mountain. Even if Young Master wanted this lowly one's life, this lowly one would not furrow his brow."
Lu Feng sighed helplessly. "Do you truly think I had you receive guests today solely because of your duty guarding the mountain?"
Feng Yuan froze, then said awkwardly, "This lowly one has always been rough and clumsy, and failed to grasp anything else. Did Young Master have another intention behind it?"
Lu Feng said solemnly, "After all, Demonic Ape Mountain stands behind you. If I had not arranged things this way today—if you had not endured those taunts and jeers, and if it had not been established that your role as mountain guard was an apology for your offense—people might misunderstand your