No pursuit?
After running for a long while, Xu Xiaoshou finally realized that Hua Changdeng and Moon Fox had actually both given up the chase.
That was rather unexpected.
"Come to their senses?"
He had thought the two would at least split up and try to intercept and kill him! Yue Gongli had truly guessed wrong—Xu Xiaoshou was not heading for Qian Shi.
He split Jinren's will into two halves and decided to take a risk on this final stretch.
Death awaited him either way. Between Qian Shi and Beming, he wanted them both.
If Hua Changdeng and Moon Fox split up, one half of Jinren's consciousness would inevitably run into Hua Changdeng. That portion would naturally be abandoned outright.
But the other half would encounter Moon Fox. There was room to maneuver there.
Yue Gongli might not measure up to Dao Qiongchang, but how many Dao Qiongchangs were there in the world? Xu Xiaoshou actually acknowledged his intelligence, and he knew that this fellow had never truly intended to stand completely against him.
If they met again, he would give himself an opportunity, and Yue Gongli one as well: he would bring up the matter of the friendship fee again.
Whether Yue Gongli paid the fee or went to Beming did not really matter.
Most importantly, Xu Xiaoshou intended to join forces with the Cold Palace Imperial Realm factions other than the Cold Palace Saint Emperor, leaving both himself and Yue Gongli a way out.
Hua Changdeng would eventually descend the Heavenly Ladder.
Judging from the various attitudes displayed by that remnant will of his in the Ghost Buddha Realm, once the passage opened, Hua Changdeng would not come alone.
After he descended the Heavenly Ladder, the Holy Emperors and Ancestor Gods would likely follow.
Chaotic times were approaching.