455: Lies don't hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife.

Arrogant! But powerful!

This was the unanimous thought in the minds of all the Dragon People at this moment; influenced by the Dragon Bloodline, they almost subconsciously wanted to attack.

But very quickly, they calmed down almost simultaneously.

They still retained a significant amount of human rationality, and this rationality allowed them to make the relatively correct choice.

Jiang Xiaoyu had effortlessly defeated ten Dragon People elites. Although he was arrogant and ostentatious, he truly had the capability.

Moreover, their planted spies had been discovered, meaning they were already in the wrong, and if they fought fiercely, it was uncertain who would win.

One must remember that among these four people, Jiang Xiaoyu had never boarded the boat.

Did this indicate that among the four, Jiang Xiaoyu held the lowest status and had the lowest strength?

These Dragon People hesitated constantly between anger and rationality. If the Old Man and a few captains hadn't restrained them, someone might have truly gone up to court death.

However, the reason Jiang Xiaoyu did not board the boat was not because of his low status or lack of strength, but because he preferred staying in the water.

The experts in Whale Fall City had excellent relationships with each other, and even when facing Gu Qinghan, they could joke around when there was no serious business.

The Dragon People Old Man's expression kept changing. Due to his physical condition, he had absorbed the least amount of Dragon Power, thus retaining the most rationality.

Therefore, he became one of the think tanks for the island nation's Dragon People.

In the end, he forcibly stabilized his emotions, looked at Gu Qinghan and the others, and managed a forced smile:

"It seems the four of you truly possess great strength; we were shortsighted.

On behalf of the Dragon People race, I apologize to everyone again. May we go ashore to discuss the subsequent cooperation matters in detail?"

Gu Qinghan nodded, but at the same time said something that made the veins on the Dragon People's foreheads bulge again:

"Truly worthy of you people; the 'bowing spirit' has been taken to the extreme.

If we were the ones who lost just now, would you have simply surrounded and killed us?"

The Dragon People Old Man almost gritted his teeth, forcibly swallowed the curses he nearly spat out, and turned to walk toward the island nation.

"Please, everyone, follow me to land."

All the Dragon People glared angrily at Gu Qinghan; this guy's mouth was too vicious!

However, they could only follow behind the Dragon People Old Man, slowly returning toward the island nation.

Gu Qinghan smiled and gave Jiang Xiaoyu a look. The latter then manipulated the seawater to push the small boat toward the island nation.

The speed of advance was not too fast. Chen Yuting looked around, confirmed that no Dragon People could hear them, and then looked at Gu Qinghan and asked:

"What's wrong with you? You usually don't insult people like this."

Her eyes held a smile; she was clearly amused by Gu Qinghan's continuous verbal attacks.

Gu Qinghan spread his hands, thought for a moment, and said:

"If I had to say, there are two reasons.

The first is that these Dragon People have been affected by the Dragon Power, and they don't have much rationality left to begin with.

By provoking them, they will more easily believe that we are a group of arrogant Professionals who came here to cooperate, rather than having some other motive.

After all, when beasts go crazy, they don't think too much."

Chen Yuting nodded. She knew Gu Qinghan wouldn't do something meaningless.

However, Luo Mu also leaned over and asked:

"Brother, what's the second reason?"

"The second reason... is that I don't like these little devils very much, plus they keep calling themselves the Dragon People race, so I just wanted to curse them a bit."

At this, even Jiang Xiaoyu, who was in the water, looked strange.

None of them expected Gu Qinghan, with his stable personality, to do something like this.

However, they felt that what Gu Qinghan did was quite satisfying.

The group chatted for a few more sentences, and the boat had already followed the Dragon People team to the edge of the island nation.

A few Dragon People soldiers tried to come up and inspect, but Gu Qinghan glared at them:

"Inspect what? If I wanted to harm you, could you even detect it?

Or are you asking me to hand over my storage ring to you?"

When he said this, he sounded exactly like an arrogant youth who thought highly of himself, causing the surrounding Dragon People to involuntarily take a step forward.

But the Dragon People Old Man let out a low shout, suppressing the emotions of the surrounding Dragon People.

He stepped forward and said to Gu Qinghan:

"I apologize, we meant no ill will. Please don't mind it."

Gu Qinghan sneered, pointed at the Dragon People Old Man, and said to the surrounding Dragon People:

"See? This is the correct example.

Don't you people love putting on a show? Study hard. Even if you've already killed me a hundred times in your hearts, you can still apologize to me verbally."

The Dragon People Old Man took a deep breath. He truly felt that his anger was not due to absorbing the Dragon Bloodline.

But thinking of the plan they had later, he instantly felt much better, and once again put on a smile to lead the way for Gu Qinghan:

"Young friend, you must be joking. Please follow me. We will have dedicated personnel discuss cooperation matters with you shortly.

Oh, by the way, we still don't know your names."

"Long Aotian. You only need to know my name; the others all follow my lead."

Gu Qinghan said this without changing his expression, nearly causing internal injury to Chen Yuting and the other two from holding back laughter.

The Dragon People Old Man felt that something was off, but he couldn't pinpoint what was strange about the name. He just gave two dry laughs and led the way.

He led Gu Qinghan and the others to an outdoor table, surrounded by large and small puddles that looked numerous and dense.

The Old Man fled the area using almost the fastest speed of his life. He was truly afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would explode in anger.

Gu Qinghan watched the departing Old Man and the Dragon People soldiers who were unwilling to approach from afar, clicking his tongue with some regret.

Soon after, some Dragon People soldiers escorted about ten Dragon People of various appearances who arrived before Gu Qinghan.

They glanced at Gu Qinghan, their eyes showing slight hostility, and then they all took their seats.

A Majestic Dragon-person looked at Gu Qinghan and said in a deep voice:

"I already know the general situation. You are experts from Huaguo, and you want to cooperate with us to fight that Giant Whale, correct?"

Gu Qinghan nodded, then suddenly spoke while looking at the people seated at the table:

"Before we discuss cooperation, I actually have a question."

The Majestic Dragon-person nodded, signaling Gu Qinghan to speak frankly.

The Dragon People Old Man, who was also seated, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this great figure was finally going to discuss serious business.

However, before he could fully exhale, he heard Gu Qinghan speak:

"These puddles around us must be your residences, right?

In that case, do you eat, drink, and relieve yourselves all in the water, or do you secretly sneak into someone else's puddle to excrete waste?"

Hearing this, the expressions of all the Dragon People present changed drastically; even the water in the surrounding puddles began to ripple slightly.

Gu Qinghan looked at their furious expressions and immediately knew he had guessed correctly.

Lies don't hurt people; the truth is a sharp knife.

This was the effect he wanted. When everyone negotiating with him had fallen into an irrational state, even if his lies were imperfect, there would be many opportunities to cover them up.

Moreover, their anger would cause these people to overlook the imperfections in Gu Qinghan's logic, solidifying his identity as someone who came here for cooperation!