As he spoke, Nine-Headed Xiang Liu grew somewhat agitated.
Chen Changsheng merely watched him quietly.
After two or three breaths, Nine-Headed Xiang Liu calmed down once more.
"My story is finished. Do you still intend to persuade me?"
In response to Nine-Headed Xiang Liu's words, Chen Changsheng answered with a question of his own. "What he owed you should have been repaid over the years, shouldn't it?"
"That's right. He has repaid it."
"To be honest, what he has given me over the years far exceeds what I once gave."
"He and I settled our accounts long ago."
Receiving this answer, Chen Changsheng nodded, then rose and left.
Watching Chen Changsheng's retreating figure, Nine-Headed Xiang Liu sighed softly, rose as well, and returned to the wooden house.
"Sir, are we just leaving like this?"
Seeing Chen Changsheng preparing to leave, Shui Yue could not help asking.
"Yes, we're leaving."
"Why?"
"Didn't Nine-Headed Xiang Liu say that he and Flying Dust Supreme had settled their accounts?"
"Isn't this the perfect chance to win him over?"
Chen Changsheng turned to Shui Yue and said, "Girl, let me teach you a little trick."
"Those who spend all day claiming to be heartless and faithless are actually the ones who value loyalty most deeply."
"When Nine-Headed Xiang Liu says he and Flying Dust Supreme have settled their accounts, that is actually Flying Dust Supreme's way of thinking, not his."
"In his heart, he has always regarded Flying Dust Supreme as a comrade who shared life and death with him."
"With that bond between them, even if I talked until the sky cracked, he could never help us."
"Demanding the entire Dragon Pearl was merely an excuse he found."
"Even if I gave him the Dragon Pearl, he would still ask for something else. In