"Yes!" Lu Ye hurriedly agreed. "Please rest assured, Guardian Mu. This will never happen again."
Mu Qing nodded. Just as she thought this boy was fairly reasonable, Lu Ye spoke again. "I fought that Female Demon and killed her, yet I do not know why this enraged Guardian Yuan Du and prompted him to personally suppress us with his might?"
Mu Qing could not help frowning at those words. She shot Lu Ye a glare, a faint warning in her eyes.
Yet Lu Ye seemed not to see it and continued on his own. "Guardian Mu, it is precisely because guardians such as yourselves preside over this vast Myriad Phenomena Sea, upholding its rules with fairness and impartiality for countless years, that we cultivators from beyond dare to settle here and strive, furthering the prosperity of the Myriad Phenomena Sea. The Myriad Phenomena Sea has its rules: when major factions clash, Great Sun Realm Guardians may not interfere unless one party requests arbitration. What Guardian Yuan Du did just now has left me rather puzzled. Could it be that my Three Realms Island offended Guardian Yuan Du somewhere? I, Ye, am merely the Third Island Master of Three Realms Island. My personal honor and disgrace matter little, but Three Realms Island stands behind me. Thus, I boldly ask Guardian Yuan Du for an explanation."
Mu Qing narrowed her eyes slightly. Only now did she realize that Lu Ye was nowhere near easy to talk to. This fellow was like a dog—once he caught an opening, he would bite.
Didn't you know perfectly well what grudge lay between Three Realms Island and Yuan Du, or why Yuan Du had suddenly used his might to suppress them?
At a time like this, Lu Ye had raised the matter while heaping praise upon