Hearing Lu Yin's words, the round-faced old man chuckled. "So that's what you're worried about. There's no need to worry. Lord Yu Sang Tian won't come this time. Although he will certainly descend upon the Heavenly Origin Universe, it won't be now. In other words, I'll be the one calling the shots in this war against your Heavenly Origin Universe, and I'll decide when reinforcements arrive."
Lu Yin shook his head. "Reinforcements will surely come from the Sangtian, won't they? Why should I believe you?"
The round-faced old man's gaze turned cold. "It seems Lord Lu is testing the waters of my Spiritualized Universe. I have nothing more to say. Will you return them or not?"
"I won't." Lu Yin answered frankly. He really was testing the old man, but hadn't learned much.
The reinforcements would arrive in twenty years. In other words, the first wave of people from the Spiritualized Universe couldn't possibly have arrived in just ten years. They had set out long ago. Lu Yin didn't know exactly when, but there would be at least twenty years between them and the second wave of reinforcements.
Also, if Yu Sang Tian really wasn't coming, there was little to worry about. Given the Heavenly Origin Universe's current strength, even if it couldn't defeat the Spiritualized Universe, it wouldn't be routed.
Unless Master Cao intervened.
But the Grand Chairman might not be telling the truth. Lu Yin could test him, but as the Grand Chairman of the Spiritualized Universe's merchant association, he could also pretend to fall for Lu Yin's test. Sorting truth from lies was complicated.
The round-faced old man's expression darkened. "If you don't return them, Meng Sang will massacre your Heavenly Origin Universe. You have one incense stick's time, just like before. Lord Lu, do you still