章 566: Chapter 567 I Want to be the Richest Man

"So it seems, everything has just been a setup?"

"Do these powerful families, now at their zenith, actually all have the possibility of being destroyed at any moment?"

"No wonder Junior Brother has been so ostentatious, Third Steward, by doing this, you're treating him as a pawn."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression darkened. They were well aware of the Third Steward's plan, where Li Xiaobai, as a catalyst for a series of disputes, was bound to face hostility from various clans.

If he could rely on his own strength to turn danger into safety and successfully escape trouble, the three Stewards of Aolai Country would naturally continue to befriend him; but should he accidentally fall into the enemy's hands, he might instantly become a discarded pawn of the Third Steward.

This was entrusting one's fate into the hands of others, akin to playing with fire.