"Or perhaps his goal isn't to kill you? The Cultivation World is full of countless divine abilities and secret arts. You advanced from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Void Refining Stage in just a few decades. If I were Ning Hongming, and there were no room for reconciliation between us, I'd also grow suspicious of your sudden rise and view you as someone who had to be eliminated. The greater the threat, the more urgent it is to cut it down. Otherwise, once you've grown powerful, the Ning Family will be the ones in trouble. But have you really thought this through? If you move against the Ning Family now and things go wrong, you'll be in a bind."
Senior Xiaoyaozi's expression grew solemn. As far as they knew, the Ning Family had two Body Integration Cultivators, and it was unclear whether they had other cards up their sleeves. Once an arrow left the bow, there was no turning back. If Shi Yue made a move, it wouldn't be easy to call it off.
Shi Yue understood how serious this was. But the Ning Family had schemed against him time and again. To be honest, before meeting Senior Xiaoyaozi, Shi Yue had considered lying low for the time being and waiting until he advanced to the Body Integration Realm to take revenge on the Ning Family. That would have been the safer option.
But Ning Hongming's order to Zhao Kangming had only strengthened Shi Yue's resolve.
Ning Hongming might strike Shi Yue again. Everyone knew that marketplaces were relatively safe places, but Ning Hongming might well make a desperate gamble, seize on that fact, kill Shi Yue in the marketplace, and then pin the blame on someone else.
Though this was only Shi Yue's speculation for now, he still