The night wind swept up dust from the ground, making the hem of Blood-Weeping Douluo's robe snap and flutter.
Blood-Weeping Douluo reluctantly returned the Diamond-Binding Bracelet to Long Yue. "Let's not discuss it. I won't get involved in your affairs."
"Uh-" The words Long Yue had been about to say caught in his throat.
Why wasn't Blood-Weeping Douluo playing by the script?
Wasn't Long Yue supposed to offer the Diamond-Binding Bracelet as a gift, leave it in Blood-Weeping Douluo's safekeeping for a while, and gain a Super Douluo-level protector in return?
"If I didn't need money to collect antique weapons, I wouldn't even take the post of Consecrated Elder to the Imperial Family." Blood-Weeping Douluo was a man who had risen above petty pleasures, and he spoke quite frankly.
Long Yue knew this Super Douluo had an eccentric temperament. Apart from weapons, practically nothing interested him, and even when carrying out his duties as a Consecrated Elder to the Imperial Family, he aimed for nothing more than a passing grade.
What could Long Yue possibly say to a king of doing the bare minimum like him?
Besides, Blood-Weeping Douluo had already made himself perfectly clear.
"I won't get involved." Blood-Weeping Douluo raised a hand and patted Long Yue's shoulder, his voice full of fond approval. "Actually, I didn't want to come at first. I really couldn't swallow my pride."
If Blood-Weeping Douluo came, there probably would not be anything left for Long Yue or the others to do.
Word would surely spread that he was bullying the young with his seniority and strength.
"But if I didn't come take a look at the Diamond-Binding Bracelet to satisfy my craving, I'm afraid I wouldn't rest easy even in death." Blood-Weeping Douluo had nothing to hide from Long Yue. At his standing,