After hearing this, the Eighth Elder and Ninth Elder exchanged a glance, snorted heavily, and stopped making trouble.
It would have been fine if this Old Ancestor were willing to act. If he refused, they would not dare provoke Wenren Sheng alone.
He was the undisputed number one Otherworldly User. Perhaps the Disaster Anomaly Principal could suppress him, but among humans, not a single one could do so.
Moreover, the two of them saw through the Old Ancestor's scheme at a glance.
Wenren Sheng had also come from Earth. He surely had a way to return to Earth.
If they found an excuse not to fulfill the Blood Contract in the future, this Old Ancestor could still turn to Wenren Sheng.
Was it better to keep two sellers around for bargaining, or help one seller kill the other for better bargaining terms?
The answer was obvious.
Just as they had expected, the Old Ancestor was trying to build a connection with Wenren Sheng.
"Young friend, you are from Earth as well, aren't you? This old man is Shi Niansheng. I have devoted myself to cultivation for thirty-two thousand years. May I ask your name, young friend? And how many years have you cultivated?" Shi Niansheng asked with a beaming smile, as though he had met one of his own juniors.
"Greetings, sir. I am Wenren Sheng. I have only cultivated for a little over a thousand years," Wenren Sheng said with cupped hands. One did not strike a smiling face.
He was not making that up. In the deduction illusion and in Weiqi World, he had indeed spent that much time there.
At a glance, he could tell that the three were only temporary allies. There was no need to immediately clash with the natives.
After all, he still intended