Neng Hua quickly refused, "No! No! No! I didn't mean it like that. I was just a little curious why your territory was undefended. It seems I misunderstood!"
"Enough of that," Mei Yuan cut in. "Are you going to join us or not? If you want in, bring out your army and join us. If not, we're leaving."
Neng Hua hesitated. He didn't want to miss this opportunity. If he had a large number of Exceptional Tier heroes and participated in Mei Yuan's organized attack on the ranked lords, his Combat Points would increase significantly. He'd almost certainly make it onto the leaderboard.
However, Mei Yuan's act of being so solicitous for no apparent reason was just too suspicious. All that talk about despising the nobility and their heirs, about being discontent—that might fool a naive, recent graduate, but he certainly wasn't buying it.
"Lord Mei, could I perhaps pay to have some heroes promoted? Then they could take a portion of my forces to join your army, just to provide support."
