After listening to Yao Tianhuo's speculation, the Bodhi Ancient Tree remained silent for a long while before finally speaking slowly.
"It seems this old man perhaps should not have let you two outsiders enter." The Bodhi Ancient Tree then turned its gaze to Zhong Meng and Liu Di, whose eyes were already filled with hostility. "That is the situation. Having heard all this, what choice will the two of you make?"
"You are this old man's close friends. This old man promises you that if you willingly return your power to me, I will certainly protect the remnant souls of you husband and wife. Once this old man has swept this world clean, I will surely do everything in my power to help the two of you be reborn."
The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Zhong Meng and Liu Di such a sincere promise. Whether it was Liu Di, Zhong Meng, Yao Tianhuo, or Xiao Yan, all of them could clearly tell that his words were no lie. He truly cared about these two friends. If Zhong Meng and Liu Di truly obediently returned their power, the Bodhi Ancient Tree would certainly keep his promise and protect their remnant souls, then find every possible way to help them revive.
It was precisely because there was not the slightest falsehood in the Bodhi Ancient Tree's words that Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yan's hearts sank. Their gazes turned toward Zhong Meng and Liu Di at the same time.
The power the Bodhi Ancient Tree had lent them had already been taken back. The current situation was no longer something they could interfere with. How things would end depended entirely on Zhong Meng and Liu Di's own wishes.
Zhong Meng and Liu Di frowned deeply, not responding at once. Their slightly flickering eyes seemed