Chapter 652 - 518 Getting it all without effort_1
Long Yichen fell silent for a moment before asking, "How shall we cooperate?"
Duge said, "You help me understand this world, and I’ll help you survive and get promoted."
Long Yichen’s eyes contained a trace of scorn as he let out a sneer, "You don’t even understand this world and are still just a child, on what grounds do you claim to help me get promoted?"
Duge laughed, "Village Master Long, it’s true that I don’t understand this world. Yet, even so, the vast Dragon Willow Villa has already fallen by my hand, and you, Village Master Long, have been driven into a corner by me. Isn’t that proof enough of my capabilities?"
Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be in peril,
Constantly mixing with the lower ranks will never allow one to understand the true nature of this world. Duge’s ranking was forcibly elevated, and he had to quickly strengthen himself for self-preservation.
Long Yichen had connections reaching up to the royal family and down into the jianghu, and he also knew much about the various Cultivation Sects, making him the perfect partner to help Duge understand the world.
Long Yichen didn’t speak for a long while, his gaze fixed on Duge as if pondering the possibility of cooperating with him.
"Village Master Long, your abilities surpass mine. If you don’t wish to cooperate, you can leave at any time. Can I really force you to stay?"
Duge continued, "I know that you don’t trust me, just as I don’t trust you. My cooperation with you, Village Master, is to learn about this world through you; your cooperation with me, on one hand, allows you to use my martial strength, and on the other, to treat me as a ladder to the heavens."