"Even if he becomes a Grandmaster and earns a Title in the future, any dealings we have will be transactional. I won't owe him anything, and my conscience will be clear."
"But Xuanyi, you can't bring harm to others. It would weigh on my conscience."
The woman's amber eyes met the morning's splendor. She gazed at the Anomaly, a vision of a skirt made from a rainbow, and though her tone was light, her words were earnest.
Li Xuanyi sighed.
"I was just bringing it up. Besides, it was the Marquis's idea, not mine."
"Furthermore, that boy has been in our Marquis's Mansion for so long. If he runs off to the Xie Family just because of a Cultivation Technique..."
"Wouldn't you be losing out, Senior Sister?"
After speaking, Li Xuanyi snuck a glance at Xiao Mingli and said with deliberate provocation,
"And what's more, the guards reported last night that our dear Young Master Ji returned late, covered in frost, carrying an arm's-length, Fifth Grade Glazed Trout!"
