Daoist Beihe's words left Feng Jun slightly stunned.
All along, Feng Jun had believed that he was not an aggressive person. Although his methods of retaliation could be rather harsh when dealing with unreasonable people, he truly rarely took the initiative to provoke anyone.
So he had to consider how he should respond when the Jade Sect, acting as the mediator, displayed such an attitude.
But in the next instant, he found the answer: put himself in their shoes. If Jade Ruins encountered something like this, what would they do?
Thus, he was only stunned for the briefest moment before asking with a half-smile, "Oh? Then how should I show your Lesser Pure Void Heaven respect?"
The moment Beihe heard that question, he knew the other man had ill intentions. Still, he forced himself to speak. "How your two sides negotiate is not something we should interfere with. But from the perspective of fellow members of the Daoist Order, mutual understanding is the proper path."
Feng Jun still wore that faintly mocking smile. "I only kept the horsetail whisk and the gourd. Doesn't that count as consideration? I never said I was taking things like the Geng Metal Pearl either."
In truth, he valued the horsetail whisk even more than the Sword-Qi Gourd. To Jade Ruins, the whisk's destructive power was limited and far less useful than the gourd. But Feng Jun wanted to study the whisk and figure out its relationship with the Ruthless Cord.
What he did not know was that the whisk could do more than restrain the Ruthless Cord. It could restrain several of Jade Ruins' magical artifacts.
Jade Ruins would rather destroy an artifact with such properties than allow an outsider to obtain it.
Hearing this, Beihe finally made up his mind. His face darkened