Parting on Bad Terms
Lay down our arms?
Hadn't the Surface World and the Underground World already laid down their arms? The Three Academies had withdrawn their troops from the Surface World in the second or third year of the civil war. Now, aside from a handful of scouts, there were no forces left there.
Besides, even those scouts still in the Surface World had lost contact with the Underground World. How many of them were still alive was anyone's guess.
Grand Scholar Linghua frowned. "We're not technically at war with the Surface World right now, are we? Not unless they make the first move."
"I mean, should we make peace with the Surface World before they do?" Copper Coconut asked.
Make peace? It wasn't as if anyone didn't want peace. The balance of power clearly favored the Surface World now. If they had any ambition at all, would they accept a peace deal?
After all, the Underground World had always been aggressive, invading the Surface World time and again. Now that the Surface World had turned the tables, wouldn't it strike back?
Shen Guang snorted. "When all's said and done, you're just afraid of the Surface World. So you trot out this talk of Heaven's Will and prophecies from the prophet to scare people. Since when has the Underground World lacked confidence? Since when have we had to care what the Surface Humans think?"
Copper Coconut cast a scornful glance at Shen Guang, the man who was all bark and no bite.
"Shen Guang, back when Taiyi Academy and Titan Academy were throwing everything they had into the war on the Surface World, your Five Elements Academy was sitting on the sidelines and quietly lining its pockets, wasn't it? You're making a lot of noise now. You should've made