First a show of force, then an offer of benefits. If that outsider cultivator is truly remarkable, Kang Cheng wouldn't even mind proposing a marriage alliance, because no matter what, the talent must be retained.
If not for these considerations, how would he, someone at the Moon Jade Late Stage, personally rush to Red Sky, bringing along Xu Dingyang just to help identify people?
Xu Dingyang had no idea about these schemes in Kang Cheng's mind. He simply thought Kang Cheng had intentionally come to stand up for him, feeling quite surprised and wondering how this elder of his had changed his disposition.
"Fellow Daoist Kang, I'm afraid there's been a misunderstanding," Huah Sheng quickly explained, "This Young Friend Lu Yiye you mentioned does indeed come from the Jade Conch Galaxy, but he is merely passing through. He stopped briefly at Red Sky because he is an old acquaintance of my disciple, Duu Lang."
