Zu An was stunned, asking, “Is it really that serious?”

Yu Yanluo nodded and explained, “The human race and the fiend races have fought for so many years. The grudge they have established has been deeply entrenched within them by a sea of blood and bitterness. It is already too hard to say who is right and who is wrong. If you spoke these words publicly, not only would the court attack you as a political opponent, the people themselves would reject you. Saying good things about the humans to the fiend races would have similar results.”

Zu An momentarily fell silent, but he still said, “I’m not so arrogant as to vainly try to dissolve the hatred; all I seek is merely a clear conscience. Those who see me as a friend, I’ll greet with good wine. Those who see me as an enemy, I’ll see them off with violence. Like hell I care if they’re humans or fiends.”

Kong Qing nodded inwardly when he heard that. According to Zu An’s words, he could tell that Zu An’s definition of ‘friend’ didn’t discriminate. As long as someone from the fiend races could get along with him, they could become his friend as well. No wonder the clan lord...