Looking at Ji Fengming's childish appearance, Hei Xiao's eyebrows curved slightly, his eyes softened, and he patiently used telepathy to comfort him: "Everyone cares about face, especially those with higher status and position, who care even more about face."

Sometimes these people are even capable of distorting facts and disregarding justice and morality in order to save face.

The reason the major clans were able to remove the energy stones in front of their respective cities was because the behemoth that was the Hidden Sect personally corrected their mistake. Faced with an even more powerful being, they could still retain some dignity in admitting their error. It's like admitting your mistake after being beaten by your father isn't shameful, but you would never apologize if a stranger beat you up.

"Oh, I see," Ji Fengming finally understood a little about the last metaphor:

That is, whoever has the bigger fist is right.

I'll beat you up without hesitation!

But then he got confused again: "The Hidden Sect has a big fist, but our Pill Sect has a big fist too. If we control the pills, it's like controlling their lifeline. If anyone doesn't listen to us, we won't sell them pills. Isn't that enough to deter them?"

"A strong man can only slap someone in the face once, not twice," Black Owl continued to explain to Ji Fengming: "What if they unite and stop buying pills? What if they all stand on the same side and stop using pills? Then the pills we have will be useless."

Didn't Jun Luoying propose last time that everyone unite to resist the Dan Sect? It's just that they didn't have a need to unite at that time, so Jun Luoying's proposal didn't succeed.

But this time is different. This time they share a common stance and needs, making it easy for them to unite and work together to deal with the Dan Sect, just as they were able to unite to take advantage of the Yun family's misfortune.

Because of the immense profits the Dan Sect profits from, they might even be more zealous in dealing with and dividing up the Dan Sect's resources than they were in dealing with the Yun family.

"These hypocritical old men..." Ji Fengming was speechless.

After a long silence, he finally spoke again, unwilling to give up, asking Ji Fengyao and Shang Xiye, "No, Yao'er, brother-in-law, are we just going to let those bastards from the Jin family go like this? Leaving them alive would be a waste of time, wouldn't it?"

“You’re just too impatient. You have to eat one bite at a time and do things one step at a time. Yao Yao and I spared their lives because we have a great use for them.” Shang Xiye glared at Ji Fengming and warned, “You have to watch your mouth. The whole Danling Continent is watching the Jin family’s matter. You must not leak any information. Otherwise, instead of having a backup plan, we’ll end up getting burned.”

"Don't worry, don't worry! Don't I know my own limitations?" Ji Fengming replied nonchalantly, then turned around and put another bowl of food on Hei Xiao's plate, while casually giving Hei Xiao a wink.

Black Owl: "..."

He was completely serious and remained expressionless.

She lowered her eyelids and silently ate the food in her bowl, pretending that she hadn't seen anything.

Ji Fengming's nonchalant attitude made Shang Xiye's teeth ache for a while: "Black Owl..."

"Don't worry," Black Owl paused slightly, then responded calmly.

Ji Fengming: "...? What? I need someone to keep an eye on me? Sister, you need to keep an eye on your husband. Who does he think he is!"

Xi Que: "That's right, son-in-law, why do you only let Blackie manage the eldest young master? There are so many of us, we can all keep an eye on him!"

Ji Fengyao: "..."

Wuhen: "..."

Everyone: "...?"