"You Ximen Family people—this Senior Ximen Tongtian of yours is way too fucking individualistic, isn't he?"
"Even at such a price, he still insisted on restricting me. This is truly..."
"Fuck!"
In his fury, Qin Shaofeng burst out with a curse.
Watching his utterly enraged appearance, Ximen Lingzhong showed neither sympathy nor disdain. There was only a seemingly indifferent yet strangely mixed expression, containing every flavor of emotion.
After a long while.
Only then did Ximen Lingzhong say in an odd tone, "Alright, there's no need for you to be so troubled. That old fellow may be somewhat of a bastard, but he still wouldn't dare lay a hand on you directly. Though the memory inheritance he created is dangerous, it may not necessarily be anything but an opportunity."
"As long as you lend a hand a few times at the right moment when Great Western Heaven faces a crisis in the future, that will be enough."
The more Qin Shaofeng listened, the stranger his expression became.
What did he mean, lend a hand a few times at the right moment?
"What if they make a move against me, and the life-and-death crisis is something I caused? What then?" Qin Shaofeng asked with a frown.
He did not understand what was going on between Ximen Lingzhong and Great Western Heaven.
Nor did he know what sort of treatment he, this chess piece, would encounter.
But he knew very clearly that even if Ximen Lingzhong had plotted against him, he could not allow Great Western Heaven to target him without limit.
"You caused it..."
Ximen Lingzhong was immediately stunned by those words.
He remained petrified for a long while.
Only then did he finally smile bitterly and say, "You brat have truly exceeded this old man's expectations. Even I myself wouldn't