Just as the Sacred Dragon Emperor and the others were at their wits' end, Li Tianming returned and immediately told them about Qingpo.
"This thing?"
The four old men stared intently at the little blue fish swimming about in Li Tianming's eye.
They practically wanted to pry his eyelids open.
"Can you see anything special about it?"
the Azure Dragon Emperor asked.
"I can't."
the Sacred Dragon Emperor said.
"It is indeed strange. It is clearly something unusual, yet it fits perfectly with his eye."
"Then..."
The four of them exchanged glances.
"Immortal Wumeng was never on good terms with us. Since we have leverage over him, we should use it if we can."
the Sacred Dragon Emperor decided.
"I agree."
"We're already at the brink of life and death. What is there to fear from him?"
The other Dragon Emperors all came to a decision.
"Tianming, make your preparations. In the next few days, I'll use this 'Qingpo' as bait to secretly meet Immortal Wumeng."
"Then we'll see exactly how he reacts."
the Sacred Dragon Emperor said.
"Understood!"
Li Tianming nodded.
"If a conflict breaks out then, and we need to make the threat convincing enough, your eye may be injured..."
"It's fine. I can live without an eye. The key is that we win."
Li Tianming said.
"Good."
The eyes of the four Dragon Emperors were filled with approval.
"If this really works, it may be the key to breaking this deadlock."
the Sacred Dragon Emperor said through gritted teeth.
"Let's hope it goes smoothly!"
They all knew full well that using a single "Qingpo" to force Immortal Wumeng and the Wumeng Celestial Nation into the war seemed far from realistic.
There were even countless variables involved.
Any one of those variables could prove fatal when the time