"Hahaha..."
Dong Huang Ting suddenly threw back his head and roared with laughter, drawing everyone's attention.
Chen Nan curled his lip and sent a thought to Mu Zongfa. After all these years, he's still using the same old tricks.
Mu Zongfa sent back, Having a trick or two is better than having none at all.
They had dealt with Dong Huang Ting plenty of times, so they naturally knew he was forcing himself to project confidence.
Sure enough, Dong Huang Ting said, "I thought that brat Xu Yi really had three heads and six arms. But look at those few hangers-on of his: after making a bit of a scene, all they could do was slink away with their tails between their legs. His hangers-on dared to come, but Xu Yi himself didn't. What does that tell us? It tells us that the thief Xu Yi has some self-awareness. He knows he's no match for us and doesn't dare risk coming in person, so he could only send a few buffoons to make a scene. Of course, I'll admit those three did have some impressive abilities. But so what? It only proves that the resources Xu Yi obtained from the Imperial Decree Platform are astonishingly effective. We absolutely cannot give him the chance to digest those resources and grow beyond our reach."
Chen Nan and Mu Zongfa nodded repeatedly as Dong Huang Ting delivered this speech. They weren't agreeing that he had a point; rather, they felt all the more certain that putting Dong Huang Ting in charge had been the right decision. They asked themselves honestly: if they were in his place at this moment, they certainly couldn't have come up with words like these.
It was all empty talk, to be sure. But at this awkward moment, even