When dealing with someone like Chris, the greatest and most effective method was to use wool—make not a single coin of profit, but lose not a single coin either.
Otherwise, one could simply tear all pretense apart and flip the table. Then the other side would have absolutely no way to deal with you.
But this was the best method Long Shilin had devised only after racking his brains for who knew how long.
"Fine. You win."
Chris gritted his teeth, the words popping out of his mouth one by one.
Then he seemed to give up completely and slowly laid everything bare. "You must have already heard about what is happening in the Inner City of Chaos Main City. The status of both me and the entire Heavenly Evil Faction in the Inner City of Chaos Main City is hanging by a thread. Monk Danggui and that old bastard Lei Wuchang have squeezed us dry beyond all recognition.
"I truly never expected it before.
"Every last one of them turned out to be the sort who ate meat without spitting out the bones. They plucked even the feathers from passing geese."
Long Shilin did not care about Chris's personal feelings. He merely continued acting as an exceedingly patient listener, silently watching Chris's next performance and his intentions.
If there was more acting than truth in it,
Long Shilin would simply treat it as an old acquaintance putting on a grand show for him today. But if there was more truth than acting, then there might truly be a chance for cooperation.
Gradually, Chris also realized that his little tricks could not deceive anyone, so he slowly spoke all that needed to be said and revealed all that needed to be done.
"So now you want the Dragon Clan to