Neither Flattered nor Humbled, Leaving with Ease

The moment a man had a single thought of greed and selfishness, he melted hardness into softness and blocked wisdom into murk.

What Shen Yun wanted, he would naturally take with his own hands. Why would he need another's charity?

Moreover, the karma of a Great Luo Immortal Venerable—how could it be so easy to accept? With the slightest carelessness, he would fall into layer upon layer of schemes, and the consequences would be impossible to predict.

"Farewell."

Shen Yun's figure moved, like a Kunpeng breaking the water, soaring straight up on the wind. In the turn of an instant, he had already vanished beyond the Nine Heavens.

"He just left like that?"

Heavenly Lightning Dharma King went numb all over, as if he had suffered a backlash from his inner force, his eyebrows and beard trembling nonstop.

No matter what, he had never expected that there would actually be someone in this world capable of refusing such an opportunity. That iron-cutting, nail-severing attitude was practically even more ruthless than an expert who cultivated the Dao of Ruthlessness.

He had thought the mission was as good as held tight in his hand, only for it to be botched just like that. For a time, his mind was tangled like hemp, and he did not know what to do.

"Haha..."

Ouyang Yuanshan was amused. Seeing him standing there as wooden as a chicken, he finally could not hold back and laughed out loud.

His own failure was indeed terrifying, but a peer's success was even more heart-wrenching.

Now that no one had gotten what they wanted, his back straightened, his breath flowed smoothly, and that spirited vigor returned to his whole body.

By contrast, Heavenly Lightning Dharma King's expression grew darker and darker, and he wished he could simply throw a