The Woodcutter Sage rapped him hard on the head and snapped, "Where's your bearing? How could I strike down juniors like these? If I did, others would come to kill you, and then the old generation would get caught up in 'you killed my disciple, I kill yours,' and before you know it, all the young ones would be wiped out. Rules can't be broken."
Zechariah Lee and Young Master Cyrus Qi both breathed a sigh of relief at these words, and looked at Quinn Shepherd, who’d just been knocked on the head, feeling thoroughly satisfied: "Serves him right!"
Quinn rubbed the bump on his head and nodded, "That's true. But Furylo already made a move against me, and just now Chi Creek tried to attack us too."
"That's why I chopped Furylo in the forehead with my axe. He didn't go too far—he just tried to kidnap you with a divine art, didn't actually try to kill you. Otherwise, you wouldn't be alive now."
The Woodcutter Sage said offhandedly, "I was originally planning to let you take care of those two brats yourself, but I figured you probably can't beat them right now, so I let Chi Creek go. Chi Creek doesn't care about the rules—when I fed him blood, he didn't drink his fill, so he won't dare bother me, but he'll go after those two and drink their blood instead."
Zechariah Lee and Young Master Cyrus Qi turned pale at these words.
Quinn laughed, "No need to scare them, Sage. Better to let them leave this alien star."
The Woodcutter Sage was surprised, "Just now you wanted me to kill them for your saber sacrifice, and now you want me to send them away? Chi Creek is an exile, burdened with a heavy mission—he'll stop at nothing and will definitely hunt them down for their blood. They're as good as dead. If I let Chi Creek kill them, it doesn't break my rules and it fits your wishes. Why not?"
Quinn answered seriously, "I was only bluffing about the saber sacrifice—I know you’d never do it. You have your own dignity as a Sage, and I, as Human Emperor and Cult Master, have mine. Brother Qi and Brother Lee are my rivals, not yours. If I want to kill them, I’ll do it myself. If you use Chi Creek to kill them for me, it goes against my Dao heart."
The Woodcutter Sage looked at him with admiration and said, "My offer to let Chi Creek kill them was a small test for you. If you’d agreed, I’d look down on you. Good—I'll send them back to Luofu Heaven."