Feng Xue merely smiled dismissively.
"Luo Zhong, calm down first. What do you have to be angry about?"
"This has always, always been a world without order."
"There was no Fog City, much less a city lord of Fog City."
"You never had any authority to begin with."
"You were just a somewhat stronger wandering ghost who claimed a patch of land and called himself king."
"The authority you have now came from me. I helped you expand Fog City, too."
"Now, for certain reasons, taking back your authority would only mean letting you 'go back to how things were.'"
"Besides, I never said I would strip you of it entirely."
"I'm just asking you to move over and follow Master Xiao's orders from now on."
"You'd still be much better off than you were at the very beginning."
Feng Xue felt there was nothing wrong with what she had said.
But she was being somewhat idealistic and taking things for granted.
Moreover, she did not understand people's hearts very well.
When you gave people something they had never had, they would naturally be grateful.
But once you had given it to them and they had grown accustomed to their lofty position, if you stripped away part of it while speaking down to them...
They would only resent you.
Losing something and regaining it was torment for anyone.
You might as well never have given it to them in the first place!
Feng Xue did not really understand the ways of the world.
As a direct result, Luo Zhong was now so angry that he clenched his fists.
There was even a dangerous edge to the look he gave Feng Xue.
"Miss Feng, what if I simply refuse to give up my position to this pretty boy?"
"Finding yourself a