Negotiating with a Tiger for Its Hide

"Please, continue speaking. I'll just listen." Xia Fei deliberately showed weakness, putting on a harmless smile.

Halleh frowned and darkly glanced at Furball. He did not recognize this exotic beast, but it bizarrely gave off an extremely dangerous and kingly aura.

"You probably know that the insectoid race has experienced momentous changes in the last several thousand years."

After some thought, Xia Fei replied, "Right now, you have a lot of intellectuals and powerful individuals. You're no longer a barbaric race and currently evolving in the direction of an outstanding intelligent race."

Halleh bitterly smiled. "Yes, the insectoids are truly progressing quickly, producing more and more highly-intelligent lifeforms. Alas, we still haven't been able to escape our barbaric and crude interests."