Feng Jun's righteous rebuttal instead earned him a face full of envy from the Earth Spirit. "A relative died? I'd love to have relatives, but we elemental spirits are born without any... As for roaming the world... I'd like that too."
To a child, wandering the world was already miserable enough, but even if it wanted to wander, it was not qualified to—it had no freedom.
"Stop getting sentimental with me." Feng Jun cut it off and spoke coldly. "Tell me now, how much responsibility does she bear?"
The Earth Spirit thought for a moment before answering reluctantly, "At least half."
"You..." Feng Jun pointed at it helplessly. "She didn't want to interfere with you, and that became her responsibility instead... Are you sure?"
The Earth Spirit knew this was not praise either and could only answer miserably, "I don't want her meddling in my affairs either, but Boss... fifty thousand units of spiritual energy is too much."
This time, it addressed him according to the customs of those from the Blue Star Realm, mainly because it did not want to anger its opponent.
Feng Jun seemed moved by that form of address. After pondering for a moment, he said, "That's true. With your mere one million units of spiritual energy... how many times would that even be enough for me to seize? And it wouldn't be right to invent excuses."
What? Seize it several times? The Earth Spirit was so frightened that it nearly wet itself. It nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes. I think education should remain the main focus. Punishment is merely a method; it should not be the goal."
"Then how about this..." Feng Jun pondered for a moment before finally revealing his true intention. "Do you think Spirit Seizure is a little too cruel?"
"Yes, yes." The