Frost Tiger said, "Your concerns are indeed reasonable, but they don't apply to me."
"I used to focus solely on increasing my strength. I had no ties to any living beings, nor any followers. If not for that, I would have qualified for the [Divine Authority Contest] long ago. Why else would I waste time accumulating merit in this [Succession Star Competition]?"
Then he looked at the Dawn Horses. "Though the lot of you aren't much use, your race's standing in the [Ferry Bureau] is useful to me. Taking you as my Original Followers is a choice I'm forced to make."
"You have no better option, and neither do I. That's where our cooperation stands."
"Have I made myself clear enough?"
"But we don't even know your name."
"Hu Beiyin."
"Hu Beiyin? Why do I feel like I've heard that name before..."
Frost Tiger said calmly, "I killed your Dawn Horse race's candidate for the [Divine Authority Contest]."
The Dawn Horses were all shocked. "You killed Ma Lieyang?!"
Hu Beiyin said, "He sent a group of subordinates to compete with me for resources in the Starquake. Those Dawn Horses were less skilled than me, so I killed them. Yet his first reaction wasn't to fight me to the death, but to flee back to your race. Utterly laughable."
"What's so surprising about me killing trash like that? Are you planning to join him in death today?"
The expressions of the Dawn Horses shifted.
Clearly, Ma Lieyang did not seem to be someone they particularly respected, either.
One Dawn Horse said, "But he was still one of our race... If we cooperate with you, wouldn't that be betraying our race?!"
"How much can your race give you? Is it really more appealing than becoming my Original Follower?"
The Dawn Horse was