The crowd's curses rang loud, but hardly anyone called for them to break with Kuang Wenyuan.
For one thing, men like Gu Beiting and Biao Cen had a blood feud with Xu Yi. For another, many knew that Wang Rongrong had persuaded the Heavenly King to mobilize a sizable force to destroy Xu Yi this time. He had gone to such lengths to build up this momentum; how could he face everyone if they failed?
It could be said that Xu Yi had egged them on from both sides until things reached this point. Now Kuang Wenyuan and Wang Rongrong had painted themselves into a corner. After the crowd had cursed for a while, they finally fell silent. Wang Rongrong's face darkened. "Brother Sui, what do you think that Kuang fellow really wants?"
Xu Yi pondered for a moment. "In my view, he just wants to seize this chance to extort some benefits. After all, yesterday, Xu Yi humiliated him in open court, and he already hates Xu Yi to the bone. Perhaps there's indeed an element of currying favor with his superiors in what he's doing, but he may also be trying to kill two birds with one stone and take us for a ride."
He was deeply versed in the art of lying. Putting himself in Kuang Wenyuan's shoes one moment and Wang Rongrong's the next, he could say all the right things and do every wrong thing.
Wang Rongrong said furiously, "Two thousand. We'll give him only two thousand. If that Kuang fellow knows what's good for him, he'll know what to do." Xu Yi exclaimed, "Brother Wang, we can't indulge him like this. That Kuang fellow is clearly taking advantage of our predicament. If we're going to bow to him, Brother Wang might as well send