A purely cooperative relationship?
Nangong Yi's brows twitched slightly, and an intrigued look surfaced on her face.
No one knew better than she did how much hardship Hundred Treasures Pavilion had endured to grow to its present scale.
Over the course of it all, the shares promised to Su Shi'er back then had not been insignificant, yet his actual involvement had indeed been negligible.
Gratitude toward Su Shi'er was gratitude! She herself had nearly sacrificed her life to repay his life-saving grace.
To say she held not the slightest resentment in her heart would be an outright lie.
But could this Daoist Tianshan truly represent Senior Su's intentions?
Or was it that he simply was...
The thought flashed through her mind. A glint suddenly lit up in Nangong Yi's eyes as she looked at the seated figure before her, instinctively about to speak.
But when the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back down.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Nangong Yi smiled and shook her head.
"Senior, you jest. The lives of Hundred Treasures Pavilion's core members were all saved by Senior Su."
"In its early years, Hundred Treasures Pavilion was able to gain a foothold in Bai Zhang Market only because of Senior Su's wholehearted support."
"Without Senior Su's permission back then, my sisters and I could never have had a platform like Hundred Treasures Pavilion. Not to mention that Senior Su is also our lifesaver!"
"Whether or not you can represent Senior Su, no one in Hundred Treasures Pavilion has ever considered leaving him."
Her voice rang out gently. The more she spoke, the more relaxed Nangong Yi's bearing became.
In the past, whenever no one else was around, she had lost herself in conflict over this matter countless times.
Now that she had voiced it