Lian Xiaoyun looked at Yang Ming with guilt and admiration on her face. Raising her cup, she said with deep remorse, "A life-saving debt must be repaid tenfold. I should not have forgotten your kindness simply because you are from the Feather Clan. My lord, please forgive me!"
"Lord Yuexia..."
Sun Shangxiang also walked over, her face filled with apology.
Yang Ming had saved them from the Azure Wolf's claws, yet Sun Shangxiang was the only one who had truly been grateful. The others had only wanted to win him over because of his strength. Once they learned that he was from the Feather Clan, they immediately distanced themselves, completely casting aside the debt they owed him.
Yang Ming had only just arrived and could not be bothered to argue over it. He had seen plenty of such things in the Shinobi World. Still, he had not expected this girl named Lian Xiaoyun to take the initiative to apologize. At least she still had a conscience.
Yang Ming nodded, accepted the cup, and drained it in one gulp, thereby accepting her apology.
Lian Xiaoyun immediately beamed and poured him another drink.
Sun Shangxiang smiled as well. Perhaps it was fate, but she always felt that Yang Ming was different from everyone else. It was a woman's intuition.
"So you're that Yuexia Ming?"
Just then, a discordant voice cut in.
Vermilion Bird, the senior brother Sun Shangxiang had mentioned, walked over. He looked Yang Ming up and down with obvious hostility, his face full of contempt and a cold sneer.
"My lord, he is a member of the Li Organization, Vermilion Bird. The Li Organization is an organization no weaker than the great clans of the Royal City. Like our pawnshop, it is one of the powerful organizations of the Northern