บท 210: Hidden Snake Village

"But coming back to the idiot. I've known his type too well too—if someone even hesitates to worship the ground their boss walks on, it's a deadly insult. They're downright common in the Mortal Heaven. You let him walk, he doesn't just report things to his boss, if his boss is halfway reasonable. No, he comes back at you with about a hundred more cultivators just as nuts as he is. With him dead, that becomes a lot less likely. Unless you'd have preferred that many die for your sake, whether by your own hand or by the Hidden Snake Village defending you, it was necessary."

Chen Huan was squeezing a little now, not nearly enough to hurt, but I wasn't comfortable. "And yes, you weren't thinking of that at the time. Neither was I, I admit it. But people like him definitely go on to cause even more trouble for others so long as they live—you yourself admitted you can't call him an innocent person.