The Little Bad King knew perfectly well that Niu Dali wanted to win him over and use his status as the Divine Monk's Successor to suppress Mora together. On that premise, Ren Ye suspected that Niu Dali really was willing to sacrifice some benefits, and even take some risks, to help him achieve certain goals or engage in large-scale graft and corruption.
To be honest, Niu Dali's offer was already substantial. Not only had he agreed to let him see Wang Anquan whenever he wanted, but he had also promised to hand the man over to him once everything was over... However, Ren Ye had no intention of stupidly letting himself be used as the man's weapon.
Niu Dali seemed rough, forthright, and unconcerned with minor details, but he was actually a ruthless, capricious schemer with very few scruples. His earlier spectacle of killing people to buy lives at the welcoming banquet was enough to reveal his cruelty and wickedness. Then, once he learned that Ren Ye was the Divine Monk's Successor, he immediately began fawning over him and trying to win him over. This, too, proved how intensely self-serving he was.
Ren Ye considered himself a good judge of character. He felt that cooperating with someone like this would be no easier than joining forces with that idiot Yu Tiange again. Most importantly, he felt that his position fundamentally conflicted with Niu Dali's, and that the conflict could not be reconciled...
Still, irreconcilable or not, for now he felt he could take advantage of Niu Dali's overtures to maximize the benefits of his status as the Divine Monk's Successor and make himself a highly sought-after prospect.
Thus, throughout their afternoon conversation, he remained warm and friendly, but never explicitly agreed to join forces against Mora.
He would string him