"If they really want to investigate you, they'll find some trace of you sooner or later. Maybe you're already under someone's watch without even knowing it. Even if you could soar to the heavens or burrow into the earth, where do you think you could go? The Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, even the Immortal-Demon Battlefield. Since I've found a way to speak with you now, I can get there too if I'm willing to use a few more methods. And sometimes, I might not even need to act myself." Ying Langtian gave a dry chuckle, clearly not taking Lu Xiaotian's words to heart.
"How do I know that Chaos Stone of yours isn't meant to be used against me? If you can't resolve that concern, or give me enough leverage over you, I'm not so easy to threaten." Lu Xiaotian's voice turned cold.
Ying Langtian seemed to have heard an amusing joke and burst out laughing. "Do you really think that if the Chaos Stone could be repaired, it would be worth using it against you?"
Lu Xiaotian was momentarily at a loss for words. "If you can allay my concerns and offer a way to bind yourself, I might agree. Otherwise, who knows whether I'd be walking into a tiger's den?"
"That's easy enough. When the time comes, we can both swear an oath."
"When?"
"Next time we meet. I'm not sure when that'll be. If I hadn't been scouring the place for spatial treasures and refining some of them, making a little progress, then happened to run into the spatial upheaval on your end, it might've been a while before I could get in touch with you. I still don't have that Chaos Stone fragment. Once you agree, I'll find a way to get it."
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