"Empty Space is back. Without you, nobody dared give orders recklessly. Everyone was waiting for you to come out," Shanae said.
I nodded and followed her back to the Windveil Hall. Empty Space was already standing there with a tense look on his face. It was only when he saw me that he took a deep breath and hurriedly said, "I went out and met with Sister Empty Twilight and the clan elders. I conveyed everything you wanted to say to them, but the clan elders said they wouldn't discuss this matter until they met you in person. They want you to move this Windveil City floating island over here so we can negotiate. Only if you agree can you be considered sincere."
After saying this, the boy unfolded an exquisite map. It was clearly divided into two regions, one black and one white. Aside from a few landmarks, the white outer area had been left intact, while the regions farther out had deliberately been scraped away. As for the other half—the black region—the many landmarks of the Kuiyi Mountains were shown with perfect clarity. Their locations roughly matched what we had obtained while exploring the Kuiyi Mountains. The discrepancy was that the things that had existed thousands of years ago had long since been corroded away by the Sea of Heaven-Piercing Demonic Qi. In truth, the area around the Kuiyi Mountains was far simpler than the map depicted, as if it had been scraped over once.
"Hehe, have you Kuiyi Mountain Tribe members failed to properly understand your own status? No matter where the talks are held, we're the ones who get to decide," Shanae replied coldly after seeing the location Empty Space had indicated.
Empty Space folded the map away and said through clenched teeth, "How am I