After leaving the Little Emperor Heaven, Elder Wei and the other two soon arrived at an area where almost no Divine Treasury Clan members lived.
This place was a barren wasteland, bare and empty, with only a black city wall forged from Divine Treasury Stone beside it.
"Elder Wei, I have a question." Upon arriving, Jiu Siheng suddenly asked probingly.
"Speak." Elder Wei replied without turning his head.
As Jiu Siheng observed the surroundings, he said as if casually, "Why did you think of defecting to the Imperial Sovereign so late? Wouldn't it have been more advantageous for you if you had displayed great might in the battle for the Greater Divine Treasury Star System?"
Elder Wei stopped at those words, turned around, and shook his head with a smile. "I wanted to as well, but sometimes, people simply cannot help themselves."
"How could you be unable to help yourself? Defecting to the Imperial Sovereign should be the simplest thing. As long as one has sufficient strength, almost no one would dare obstruct him from recruiting worthy talents." Jiu Yanguo frowned at the side, unable to understand.
Elder Wei smiled. "As members of the Guardian Imperial Clan, perhaps you grew up in the Heavenly Emperor Sect from childhood and do not understand the landscape of the gray star systems outside very well. But that is normal. I cannot blame you; our environments growing up were simply different."
Flowers in a greenhouse had shallow knowledge.
When he expressed that sentiment in this way, it was not irritating at all. Instead, it seemed rather cordial.
But if one judged his character from these words and actions, that would be a grave mistake.
Rather than becoming angry upon hearing this, Jiu Siheng was intrigued. He asked curiously, "Could Elder Wei explain it in