Old Eredar looked as if he had become somewhat withdrawn as well, but after hearing those words, Xie Liancheng suddenly felt that his thoughts had become much more clear.
That was right. The fellow before him was over a thousand years old, while he himself was only a little over a hundred.
Having cultivated to the Vajra Realm, his natural lifespan had also been greatly extended. So what was there to rush about now?
If a hundred years were not enough, then two hundred. If two hundred were not enough, then three hundred. He wanted to see just how long this bottleneck could hold him back.
As for that offhand retort Xie Liancheng had thrown at old Eredar earlier, it naturally wasn't because Eredar's words had struck a nerve.
In fact, it had been Zhou Xu's arrangement.
Zhou Xu had told Zhou Chongshan to take better care of Eredar, but at the same time, he had also told Xie Liancheng to find a suitable opportunity to provoke him a little.
Of course, he had to control the degree. Zhou Xu merely wanted Eredar to receive some stimulation; he didn't want Xie Liancheng to get into a fight with him.
He understood Zhou Chongshan's temperament, and he understood Xie Liancheng's even better.
Under these circumstances, as fellow modern people—and childhood friends—Xie Liancheng was certainly better able to understand his way of thinking, or rather, the effect he wanted.
Thus, Zhou Chongshan truly was only obeying His Majesty's order to take better care of Eredar, while Xie Liancheng was lying in wait with a very specific purpose.
Without the former knowing anything about it, the two formed an effective partnership and delivered a vicious blow to the thousand-year-old Eredar.
Eredar had to admit that he really had been provoked.
As mentioned earlier,