"That is different! You have no idea how dark the world of cultivation really is! There are simply too many hypocritical and treacherous people out there!" said Lin Tianyan.
"Vice Sect Master Lin is entirely right! Our cultivation world is a brutally naked, dog-eat-dog environment where greed easily breeds evil thoughts. Since you possess a Strange Flame, Zhou Chuan, and can forge tier-3 Spirit Tools and pills, you will undoubtedly bring in an endless stream of wealth and Spiritual Stones. If someone with ulterior motives were to exploit you, you would be locked away and reduced to their tool—or even a slave," said Zhao Xiaosheng.
These words struck a deep chord within him. Having already been through it once, Zhou Chuan was twice shy. Therefore, it was crucial that Lin Tianyan and Zhang Jie gave him their assurances; at the very least, with them speaking thus, they would not plot against him.
Chapter 213