With a great war imminent and seemingly unavoidable, guests arrived at Artifact Cloud Sect. Lan Daolin and Du Wuxu had come together once again.
The two waited quite a while before Wu Chang finally appeared at a leisurely pace.
In truth, Wu Chang had no desire to see them at all. Earlier, they had sent word asking him to meet, but he had found excuses to decline. This time, they had come knocking again, and he could no longer hide.
The moment they met, Lan Daolin spoke without any politeness. "Wu Chang, you haven't been deliberately avoiding us, have you?"
Wu Chang turned his head, his gaze crashing onto Lan Daolin's face. "Avoiding you? Do I need to avoid you? If I truly wanted to hide, could you even find me?"
Du Wuxu waved a large hand. None of them were here to trade empty words, and he signaled for them to stop bickering. He got straight to the point. "Wu Chang, didn't you say Shang Chaozong was your man?"
Wu Chang swept a cold glance at him. "What are you trying to do?"
Du Wuxu said, "It isn't about what I'm trying to do. Jin Kingdom's eastern campaign is imminent. Shang Chaozong is massing troops on a grand scale and preparing to resist. Don't you intend to give us an explanation?"
Wu Chang said, "You came looking for me over this?"
Lan Daolin said, "The way Shang Chaozong is gathering Yan Kingdom's troops doesn't look like mere showmanship."
Wu Chang said, "Does that even need explaining? If he doesn't treat it seriously, how can he answer to Yan Kingdom's three great sects? I already said Yan Kingdom would certainly lose, so naturally he will ensure Yan Kingdom's destruction. If he made it too obvious, do you think Yan Kingdom's