"Your sect is so reasonable that it puts most of the races in the High-Level Heavenly Vault to shame." The Immortal Hall Lord smiled faintly.
"Yet even a sect as reasonable as mine hasn't won your heart. Is there really no chance left?" Hua Yunfei spoke without a single explicit mention of recruitment, yet every word was an invitation.
"You really should give up on that."
The Immortal Hall Lord shook her head gently. "I am a First Generation Being. I will always stand with the Thirty-Three Heavens."
"And it has never been the High-Level Heavenly Vault that I helped."
Hua Yunfei sighed helplessly. "So I'm an outsider in your eyes?"
"I wouldn't call you an outsider," the Immortal Hall Lord said. "I don't actually think your sect is wrong. It's just that what you're doing has far-reaching consequences... it threatens too many people's interests, and even..."
At that point, she shook her head and sighed, her beautiful eyes filled with worry. She understood all too well what the Kaoshan Sect would have to face.
"My sect had no such intentions at first," Hua Yunfei said. "But once that label was slapped on us, we could never peel it off. So we simply flipped the table. We weren't afraid."
"You're the Youngest Heaven. Why would you be afraid?" The Immortal Hall Lord gazed at Hua Yunfei's face. "How much longer until I can see the real you?"
"That day will come. I improve every day, and every step is steadier than before. I will return!" Hua Yunfei brimmed with confidence.
"Will you surpass me this time?" The Immortal Hall Lord smiled softly.
"Why wouldn't I?" Hua Yunfei countered with a smile.
Their eyes met, striking a peculiar spark.
In that instant, space and time turned over, the years flowed backward,