The moment these words fell, the expressions of both the Yang Family Twin Sages and the Heavenly Rat King, Xie Liao, changed slightly.
Although they had known that after being forced by Wei Tu's Mahayana pressure to "wait in vain" here half a year ago, the outcome would likely be far from favorable... hearing Wei Tu say it aloud was still exceedingly difficult to accept.
One had to know that though they now humbled themselves before Wei Tu, once they left the Stone Cocoon Secret Realm and returned to the outside world, they were Integrated Body Great Talents looked up to by countless people—colossal figures who dominated a region.
How could they so easily accept being reduced to servants?
Yet in the blink of an eye, after recalling the terrifying threat of death, the three still accepted this fate. As though struck by a heavy blow, they lowered their heads, lifted their robes, and knelt on one knee. Before everyone's eyes, they dispersed their protective barriers, completely opened their seas of consciousness, and revealed their submission.
However, at that very moment.
Just as Wei Tu formed a hand seal and prepared to plant soul marks in the three of them, a timid voice suddenly sounded in his mind, and a trace of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Xie is quite clever." Wei Tu's gaze narrowed slightly. He looked up at the Heavenly Rat King, Xie Liao, who, like the Yang Family Twin Sages, kept his head deeply lowered in a show of submission without the slightest sign of anything unusual, and could not help praising him.
"Senior Wei is benevolent and broad-minded, not one who delights in wanton slaughter. The fact that you have forced us to submit yet granted us hope of survival is proof enough. After