Huang Yanran downed half a glass of white wine in one gulp. A flush spread across her face, but she wasn't drunk.
Ren Ping stared, "Yanran, so you've been hiding your strength all along. Your inability to drink before was just an act."
Huang Yanran smiled, "That depends on who I'm drinking with."
Ren Ping gave her a thumbs-up, "Impressive. You even fooled me."
Ye Tian also finished his wine and asked her, "You got the evidence from the Wang family last time. Any results?"
Mentioning the Wang family, Huang Yanran's pretty face was covered in frost. "Wang Zun is the head bodyguard for a super conglomerate. Their influence is too great. As soon as I submitted the evidence, it was inexplicably destroyed. Even the backup I secretly kept vanished inexplicably. I've never felt so powerless."
Ren Ping said, "You should be grateful you were born into the Huang family. If you were from an ordinary family, you'd be a corpse by now."
Huang Yanran sneered, "Officer Ren, Mr. Ye, do you believe in fairness in this world?"
Ye Tian was silent for a few seconds, "Fairness has always been there, but it requires a price to achieve it."
Ren Ping continued, "The rules of social operation are like a computer system. Although it iterates and becomes more ornate, its core hasn't changed since the first generation. It just keeps adding new content. Once you understand this, you won't be fixated on fairness or justice, because these are just things some people invented to deceive others."
He raised his wine glass and downed half of it, saying, "Actually, I envy Ye Tian the most. With his astonishing strength, he can treat royalties and nobles like dirt, and power is nothing to him. How carefree is that!"
A spark also appeared in Huang Yanran's beautiful eyes. She said, "Ye Tian, I admire you too. You are more remarkable than all of us."
Ye Tian asked, "Admire? Do you know the mortality rate from Martial King to Human Immortal?"
Huang Yanran was curious and asked, "How high is it?"
Wu Bei chimed in, "I know several Martial Kings personally, and there must be at least eighty or a hundred Martial Kings in this world. But how many Human Immortals are there?"
Ren Ping agreed, "That's right. Becoming a Human Immortal is too difficult. So when I learned that Ye Tian had taken that step, I was both happy for him and relieved."
Ye Tian replied, "It's just one step. Who knows if I can survive afterwards."
Huang Yanran smiled, "You will surely succeed."
Ye Tian raised his wine glass, "In this world, no one achieves carefree living easily. So we all have to strive. Come, let's toast."
After drinking another half glass, Huang Yanran's eyes became even brighter. She asked, "Ye Tian, do you know who the super conglomerate behind Wang Zun is?"
Ye Tian's interest was piqued. "Who?"
Huang Yanran replied, "The Long family!"
Hidden in plain sight, Ye Tian didn't have much impression of behemoths like the Long family. He asked, "Do you know about the Long family's situation?"
Huang Yanran answered, "Of course. In fact, my Huang family is a subordinate of the Long family."
Ren Ping commented, "The Long family is indeed very strong, otherwise, how could they get a master like Wang Zun to be their lackey?"
Huang Yanran added, "Yes. If Ye Tian defeats Wang Zun, I think the Long family will definitely approach him and try their best to recruit him."
Ye Tian asked, "My Huang family wants to recruit me?"
Ren Ping explained, "Who wouldn't want to recruit a Human Immortal? If I were the Long family, I would recruit you too."
Huang Yanran looked at him, "Ye Tian, will you agree to the Long family?"
Ye Tian smiled and asked, "What happens if I agree, and what happens if I don't?"
Huang Yanran replied, "If you agree, it means you're rational. If you refuse, it means you're a hero."
Ye Tian rolled his eyes, "You want me to be a hero. Unfortunately, being a hero isn't that easy."
Ren Ping offered a different perspective, "My view is different from yours. If the Long family recruits you, Ye Tian, you can cooperate with them. The Long family is just a powerful force; they are neither entirely good nor entirely evil. Why refuse?"
Huang Yanran scoffed, "Ye Tian is a Human Immortal. Why should a Human Immortal be someone's lackey?"
Ren Ping countered, "You're mistaken. If Ye Tian joins the Long family, his status would absolutely not be that of a lackey, but rather their guardian deity. I don't know about others, but the current Long family certainly doesn't have a Human Immortal guarding them."