C231 Is this a joke?

Is this a joke?

"Brat, you're too ruthless. If I didn't come, you'd want to kill me. Do you know what the consequences would be?"

Since Hong Zheng had come, the three disciples of the Yunao peak would naturally not kill him. Hong Zheng reprimanded Cai Hong and Lu Bufan as elders and sent them away with a third grade healing pill.

After they left