The Con Man Emperor and the Hypocrite

Avoiding everyone else and speaking with him in private like this seemed to pose no real problem.

But after giving it a little thought, Qin Shaofeng understood what was going on.

Hou Yanqing merely wanted to use these special spirit pearls that could aid cultivation to restrict disciples from the other factions of the Divine Mansion, maximizing his own benefits.

If Qin Shaofeng's guess was correct, then once he truly agreed to Hou Yanqing's proposal, Hou Yanqing would surely use the excuse of keeping things confidential for the Divine Mansion—or of waiting until the higher-ups were fully informed—to make Qin Shaofeng hand over every special spirit pearl he refined for Hou Yanqing to handle.

Or perhaps he would simply have Qin Shaofeng refine however many spirit pearls he required.

Then those refined special spirit pearls would fall entirely under Hou Yanqing's control. When the time came, Hou Yanqing could use this chance to seize all power for himself.

If that really happened, Hou Yanqing would undoubtedly reap the greatest benefits in the end.

Perhaps after they left and returned to the Divine Mansion, Hou Yanqing would not treat him poorly. But the person credited with the foremost achievement for the Divine Mansion would never be Qin Shaofeng, even if the spirit pearls he refined greatly raised the overall strength of the Divine Mansion disciples who had entered.

All the higher-ups of the Divine Mansion would see was Hou Yanqing alone!

With only a little consideration, Qin Shaofeng had thought of all these possibilities.

Perhaps he was overthinking it, but Qin Shaofeng knew deep down that Qiuqiu was probably right. Hou Yanqing really was a fucking hypocrite.

And besides, no matter what, Qin Shaofeng could not possibly reveal the method of refining these special spirit pearls.

After all, the true source