When we returned, Bai Ruqi wore a rather complicated expression. She knelt before me, took a sip of tea, then asked, "Li Chengqi must have been lying to me, right?"
"Do you really think he'd be that kind?" I laughed. Bai Ruqi wasn't stupid after all. At least, after experiencing ascension from the lower realm, she'd gone through something similar. But after hearing me out, she said, "I can't refuse."
I froze for a moment. She continued, "Because I can't just sit here and do nothing while everyone starves to death. Now we're not only in debt, but surrounded by powerful enemies. I have to pull myself together and lead everyone in fighting our way out."
"Miss Bai truly is a capable leader. If that's the case, I'm willing to go with you. Since I know it's dangerous, I can't let you go alone," I said.
"But hasn't the deliberation's result still not come out?" Bai Ruqi looked at me gratefully. I smiled and said, "Although it supposedly concerns dealing with you, in reality, Li Chengqi is trying to deal with me. Isn't that right?"
Bai Ruqi was stunned, then said, "But if you know he's sending you there, why walk straight into his trap? If I go alone, perhaps he won't make any other moves behind our backs."
"Why shouldn't I go? What can he prepare in two days? But if we avoid this opportunity, that's harder to say. He'll have more time to prepare, and things will become even more dangerous." I began explaining.
Bai Ruqi suddenly understood, but quickly said, "That still won't do. What about the deliberation's result?"
"Heh, I'm a free man. If I want to meddle in the Divine Court's affairs, I'll stick my nose in. If I don't, I can leave at any