Though the bet had been made, Yu Chen still felt something was wrong. She thought it over: if she put herself in Long Qi's position, was there any way to turn the tables? After pondering for a long time, she concluded it was impossible. Aside from the Guan Family Three Brothers, nobody knew their true goal, or that a monster like that lurked beneath Chilan City.
It was an airtight scheme, unless Long Qi had the strength to defeat that monster. But that was impossible. The monster was a Star Envoy Level powerhouse.
The Guan Family Three Brothers were still acting behind the scenes. To break the deadlock, Long Qi would have to bring in a supreme powerhouse. But even if he survived, he would still lose the bet, and he wouldn't be able to explain himself to Nine Gates Governor Qing Chen.
No matter how she looked at it, there was no way to break the deadlock.
Yu Chen let go of her doubts, and put Long Qi out of her mind. Now that he was dealt with, the next matter was of the utmost importance: recruiting experts for the young ancestor to accompany him to the Dominion Realm.
The experts accompanying the young ancestor to the Dominion Realm had to be from the same generation. That was an ancestral rule. There were very few experts of the same generation qualified to accompany him; the entire Cold Immortal Sect had only two. They still needed to recruit two more.
Though the Yin Mountain Area and Huai Yuan were neighbors, the Zhongping Realm was vast. Even traveling at the speed of a Cold Immortal Sect mount, the journey between the two places took nearly seven days.
Along the way, Lu Yin received a call from Long Xi, but he didn't