"You have no benevolence or righteousness! You're spouting brazen falsehoods!" Lian Pingchao raged, the red light in his eyes intensifying.
"Yun Fang, search your conscience. Is there any benevolence or righteousness in such conduct?" Qiu Meng asked gravely.
Fang Yun said, "Business is business, and friendship is friendship. The reason I went straight into the East Side Hall, the reason I wanted these Dragon Race Inscriptions, was to protect the Dragon Race's secrets. I thought that, since I treated the Dragon Race with loyalty and honor, you, as my teammates, would treat me the same way, and there would be no harm in sharing those secrets with you. But the four of you care nothing for our friendship, so naturally, all I can discuss with you is business."
"You're merely a Hanlin Academician. What standing could you possibly have among the Dragon Race? I don't believe you. That's just your side of the story!" Lian Pingchao said.
"Yun Fang, you must explain exactly what your relationship with the Dragon Race is!" Tan Hemu said.
Fang Yun smiled. "I hold a noble title among the Dragon Race. As for precisely what it is, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. I doubt anyone would be foolish enough to tell such a lie inside the Dragon Race's Crime-Suppressing Hall. Their script has always been difficult to learn, and many secret writings are never shared with outsiders. Without a Dragon Race noble title, I could never recognize all their characters."
"A Dragon Race noble title? I've never heard of such a thing, but since Yun Fang said it, and dared to say it here in the Crime-Suppressing Hall, it should be true," Yun Zhaochен said.
"This is the Dragon Race's Crime-Suppressing Hall. If Yun Fang invented a Dragon Race noble title, he