[In truth, this had something to do with you as well. Your unwarranted kindness toward Shen Xing had made the Old Dragon King overly wary. Afterward, he gave Shen Xing a lesson, including this: whenever there was a matter where the gains were enormous and the losses negligible, Shen Xing was not to rush into a decision, but discuss it with him beforehand.
Shen Xing naturally trusted his father beyond measure. The Old Dragon King had weathered far more storms, and Shen Xing understood that he was better able to judge the merits of a matter and the schemes lurking behind it...]
[After receiving the news from Shen Xing, the Old Dragon King was greatly surprised and analyzed the matter as well. In his view, even among the entire Mirage Dragon clan, only this old fellow's inheritance held any value. Yet in the eyes of Jin Jue Ming, who had obtained a Quasi-Emperor inheritance, that should not have amounted to much, nor should it have been worth coveting. Could it be that the other party had truly taken a fancy to something about Shen Xing?]
[There had never been such a thing as unearned good fortune in this world. The bigger the pie that fell from the sky, the more cautious the Old Dragon King became. And the ever-prudent Old Dragon King sensed that something was amiss. After all, even if it was Jin Jue Ming's demand, becoming his follower would have been a good thing for Shen Xing.
In terms of status, Jin Jue Ming was now even a notch above you. This was because he had already fulfilled part of his talent, and would soon possess the formidable cultivation of the Immortal King Fourth Realm.
For someone of such status, even if he demanded that a Late True