Xu Yi said, "It really isn't that I'm breaking my word. It rains every day where I'm from, and it wasn't until today that I'd seen the sun rise and set thirty times. You wouldn't happen to be unaware that different regions have different weather, would you?"
White Eagle was taken aback. After a moment, he hurriedly agreed that he understood.
He didn't want Xu Yi to think he lacked intelligence. The other giant beasts quickly chimed in as well, afraid their fellow creatures would think they were still uncivilized.
"Good. Since we're all intelligent beings, I won't waste any more words."
Xu Yi promptly uncorked both gourds, sending great quantities of spirit liquid shooting in every direction.
The two gourds emptied, and spirit arrows streaked through the sky. Xu Yi's figure blurred and vanished. "Until we meet again!"
He had come precisely to honor his promise.
He could have cheated the few savage beasts, of course. In his earlier years, he definitely would have.
But in recent years, as his cultivation improved and his experience grew, his way of doing things had gradually begun to change.
As the saying went, all things had their reasons, and everything had its limits.
He, too, was slowly feeling out the world's rules and comprehending the great principles of the Heavenly Dao.
After leaving Snow Peak, Xu Yi returned to the South Courtyard. He was still some distance from Courtyard Seventy-Six when he spotted Supervisor Hong pacing anxiously in his yard.
Xu Yi had barely reached the entrance when Supervisor Hong rushed over in three quick strides, grabbed him, and dragged him outside. "Don't say a word. Come with me, now! You're in deep trouble, you brat. Honestly, you've been far too arrogant. I checked your attendance and even I was shocked."
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