Chapter 854: Chapter 200: War of Words Worth Ten Thousand Troops
Dongyun Yu said triumphantly, "Don’t understand? Listen, let me explain it to you. This sentence, the meaning is to beg for forgiveness, as if saying: Oh, Young Master Feng Yun, give me some face, and I’ll come apologize to you later. Understand now? It’s just about getting through today first. Got it?"
Fang Che asked in confusion, "Why? Just now, Feng Yun insulted the Palace Master of Ziyi Palace, doesn’t it bother them?"
"Ha!"
Dongyun Yu, annoyed at Fang Che’s lack of comprehension, said, "Why don’t you get it? Anyway, they can’t mess with Wei Wo Zheng Sect. So what if the Palace Master gets insulted? He isn’t here anyway. Besides, if they pretend they didn’t hear, this matter goes away, right? If you make it obvious, aren’t you directly confronting Young Master Feng Yun?"
"I see now, Brother Dong’s insight is enlightening indeed." Fang Che suddenly understood, "Without your explanation, I really wouldn’t have gotten these nuances."
"You’re such a fool." Dongyun Yu said, frustrated, "Didn’t you hear what Feng Yun said afterwards?"
"What?"
"Feng Yun said: It’s all good, it’s all good. Understand now?"
"What does it mean?"
"Young Master Feng Yun is very satisfied and proud. The words ’it’s all good, it’s all good’ carry a condescending tone, didn’t you catch that?"
"Really? Is it like that?" Fang Che then imitated with an arrogant and dismissive tone, "It’s all good~ It’s all good!~"
"You got the tone! Hahaha, not bad." Dongyun Yu said, "That’s why Young Master Feng Yun left satisfied. Why? Because he couldn’t be more pleased. Just think, you step out, insult someone’s ancestors, overturn their ancestral graves, and yet, one of the world’s superpowers, Ziyi Palace, apologizes like a submissive dog. Young Master Feng Yun gains face and dignity. Naturally, he won’t cooperate with you to trouble Ziyi Palace."
"I see." Fang Che exclaimed in realization, "If that’s the case, as long as Ziyi Palace can hold up, there’s no need for even Young Master Feng Yun to register, right?"
"Of course! No one needs to register, have to say, quite a clever plan."
"But later, an elder from Ziyi Palace came out, and he spoke quite skillfully." Fang Che noted confusedly.
"Nonsense!"
Dongyun Yu laughed heartily and without restraint, "What’s the elder’s name again?"
"You’re talking about Elder Lu Zheng?"
"Yes, that’s him. This Elder Lu Zheng is very crafty, he already noticed how his disciple’s reaction lost face. So he hurried out to smooth things over. Understand what smoothing things over means?"
Dongyun Yu instructed, "He didn’t come out to answer your question, but to clean up after the disciple, got it?"
"Got it."
"So this elder immediately said, we really can’t afford to mess with Wei Wo Zheng Sect, but we also can’t afford to mess with the Guardian, right? Hahaha..." Dongyun Yu said.
"Right. That’s what he said." Fang Che replied.
"What does that mean?" Dongyun Yu wondered.
"Yeah, what does it mean?" Fang Che wondered.
"So you don’t understand, right? Because earlier the disciple pleased the Wei Wo Zheng Sect, Feng Yun, so Wei Wo Zheng Sect is no issue now. But after all, this is the Guardian’s territory, right? So the elder came out and said, we can’t afford to mess with either... This way, aren’t they offending neither party?" Dongyun Yu explained.
"Yeah." Fang Che agreed.
"But really think about it, Ziyi Palace might indeed avoid messing with Wei Wo Zheng Sect, but is it truly unable to mess with the Guardian?" Dongyun Yu questioned.
"What do you mean?" Fang Che asked.
"Haha, that’s why, your experience in Jianghu is shallow, your worldly knowledge too little, you simply don’t understand the cunning twists of these old foxes. Fang Che, you’re still young." Dongyun Yu said.
"Ah? Please enlighten me, Brother Dong." Fang Che requested.
"They said they can’t mess with the Guardian, but where are we now? Baiyun State! Guardian’s territory, they come and go as they please, don’t register if they don’t want to! What can you do?"
"That’s true!"
"Can you beat them?"
"Can’t beat them."
"You said everyone must register earlier, right?"
"Yes, I said that."
"Ziyi Palace jumped out first to oppose, right?"
"Yes."
"Then engaged in verbal confrontation, right?"
"Correct."
"Then they appeased Wei Wo Zheng Sect Feng Yun, right?"
"Right!"
"Then they continued to confront us, the Guardian, right?"
"Confronted me."
"Nonsense, don’t you represent the Guardian?"
"This makes sense, yes, it was against the Guardian." Fang Che admitted.
"So they said they can’t offend either side, and you really believed it?"
"I was wrong."
"Do you know what this implies?"
"Please enlighten me, Brother Dong."
"It shows they truly can’t mess with Wei Wo Zheng Sect, but as for the Guardian, to them, what does the Guardian amount to in Ziyi Palace’s eyes? Come here and have to register?"
"That meaning is there."
"Who’s the Guardian?" Dongyun Yu asked.
"I am." Fang Che answered.
"Nonsense, I’m talking about significant figures among the Guardians." Dongyun Yu clarified.
Fang Che caught on quickly, smartly said, "Dongfang Sansan, Xue Fuxiao, Ningxue Sword, Yu Tianqi... these are Guardians."
"Are these people formidable?" Dongyun Yu asked.
"Formidable." Fang Che agreed.
"But did Ziyi Palace give them face?" Dongyun Yu asked.
"No." Fang Che replied.
"Isn’t it like not even acknowledging the Guardians?" Dongyun Yu asked.
"Yes." Fang Che answered.
"That’s practically like pointing at the Guardians and cursing, understand?" Dongyun Yu asked.
