"San, that's true, but Dai Mubai only called me a bastard and said I'd taken a useless teacher as my master. Compared to what I called him, that wasn't particularly excessive. It's not worth killing him over."
"That's still not excessive? After what he said, why keep him around? Senior Brother, being this generous will cost you!"
Hearing Tang San's remarks, Li Ye suddenly felt that his own bottom line was still too low.
"San, you need to understand something. What people say when they're angry generally goes against what they truly feel. They say it because that's the only flaw they can find in the other person, not because they actually think that way."
"But you weren't speaking out of anger when you insulted Dai Mubai earlier, Senior Brother. Does that mean you really think that?"
Hearing Li Ye's words, Tang San nodded in agreement, but recalling how Li Ye had acted earlier, he could not help looking at him in confusion, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
After all, Li Ye had said earlier that he alone deserved to be his brother; everyone else could, at most, be his underling.
"Of course. Other than you, I don't think anything of the rest of them, all right?"
Li Ye's words immediately warmed Tang San's heart. He murmured, "I'll always consider you my only brother too, Senior Brother," then continued treating Dai Mubai.
This time, however, while Li Ye was not paying attention, Tang San secretly injected Dai Mubai with a poison he had concocted.
Ordinarily, this poison would have no effect, but once someone activated it with a special technique, it would instantly corrode the victim's heart vessels and every meridian in their body, killing them on the spot.
Poor Dai Mubai still had no idea that his