"Third Brother doesn't seem very optimistic about Second Brother."
After seeing that Meng Qi had already met Jiang Zhiwei, Gao Lan spoke calmly.
"Actually, they were quite well matched."
Xu Yue did not answer directly.
"Going into closed-door cultivation isn't the same as becoming a monk."
"Looks like Big Brother has changed personalities again."
Xu Yue looked up at Gao Lan with a smile.
Meng Qi's meeting with Jiang Zhiwei, as well as Meng Qi's attitude, had likely provoked the Mad King and brought back his cold personality.
However, with the Human Emperor Sword in hand—and having been voluntarily acknowledged by it—even this king with a cold personality could not make the first move.
Otherwise, once the Human Emperor Sword struck back of its own accord, it would restrain him as well.
That was why, despite having returned to his cold personality, he still kept calling them Third Brother and Second Brother.
Gao Lan was arrogant, but when facing Xu Yue, who had Five Tribulations Added and gained the Human Emperor Sword's recognition, as well as Meng Qi, who had undergone Four Tribulations Added and Ascended to Heaven in One Step, he no longer felt any disdain.
He even crooked his lips into a faint smile.
"Does Third Brother's one-year agreement still stand?"
"Of course. In half a year, I'll have it seek you out. Though after one year, I may need to borrow it for a while."
"No problem. If you need Big Brother's help, just say so."
"I will."
While Xu Yue chatted casually with Gao Lan without any burden at all,
Meng Qi also walked back, seemingly having untangled some knot in his heart.
Clearly, his confession had failed.
Rejecting the future Primal Heavenly Venerate's confession was an achievement in itself.
Just as Xu Yue had said,