"Mu En, you have your reasons for how you're handling Yan Shaozhe. I won't say any more about it."
"As long as he doesn't come looking for trouble with me again, what happened before is behind us."
Huang Jinxu paid no mind to Mu En's actions or to Yan Shaozhe's recovery.
All that mattered was that the pills Huang Jinxu had refined were not used to help Yan Shaozhe recover.
Besides, even if Yan Shaozhe regained his cultivation, he would only be a Rank 95 Super Douluo. Even if fortune defied the heavens and he advanced another step, he would only reach Rank 96.
Without a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Rank 97 was the highest he could ever reach. If he remained determined to seek death, Huang Jinxu would oblige him.
"You brat. If Yan Shaozhe were half as open-minded as you, his cultivation wouldn't have been stuck for so long."
"Don't worry. Until he changes certain things about himself, I won't let him recover completely. I also guarantee he won't come looking for trouble with you again."
Mu En gave his assurance with a smile.
Huang Jinxu merely smiled faintly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
If Yan Shaozhe had been a reasonable man, someone capable of changing his ways, Huang Jinxu would never have wanted to cripple him with a single punch in the first place.
While Mu En lived and kept him in check, perhaps Yan Shaozhe would do nothing.
Once Mu En died, there was no telling what would happen.
That was fine too. When the time came, Huang Jinxu would have an excuse to sever ties with Shrek Academy completely.
The two continued chatting, drinking and eating roasted meat. Throughout it all, Mu En held nothing back, sharing everything he had learned from forming his Second