As the words fell...
Fire-Eroding Venerable looked at Venerable Peach Blossom, seated upright in the stone chair, with hope in his eyes.
Yet Venerable Peach Blossom neither agreed nor refused. Instead, he fell silent.
For a time.
An indescribably strange atmosphere filled the great hall.
At the same time, Fire-Eroding Venerable's blazing heart gradually turned cold.
As he pondered.
Venerable Peach Blossom noticed the subtle shift in Fire-Eroding Venerable's expression from the corner of his eye.
His bent knuckles tapped rhythmically against the armrest.
Thump!
Thump, thump!!
It was as though the blows were striking Fire-Eroding Venerable's heart.
His uneasy heart seemed to beat along with the tapping.
Clearly.
Fire-Eroding Venerable seemed to have sensed Venerable Peach Blossom's hesitation.
There's still hope?
At that thought.
Fire-Eroding Venerable's heart warmed a little again. He gazed eagerly at Venerable Peach Blossom in the stone chair, a trace of pleading showing in his eyes.
"...Dao Brother!"
At this sight.
Though Cheng Buzheng appeared somewhat hesitant on the surface, inwardly he could not help but sigh.
Looks like there's really nothing more to squeeze out of him!
Otherwise.
He would certainly have brought out an even more precious treasure.
It seems Fire-Eroding Venerable's fortune isn't all that impressive either?
Fine, this will do!
In any case, this treasure will be of tremendous convenience to my future cultivation.
With that in mind.
Venerable Peach Blossom, seated in the stone chair, calmly swept his gaze over the pale golden pearl before him and sighed softly.
"Fellow Daoist, you know how perilous this battle will be, don't you?
"So I do not wish to make some casual promise, only to take Fellow Daoist's benefits for nothing..."
Upon hearing this.
Fire-Eroding Venerable's heated heart dimmed once more, but the emotion vanished entirely in the next instant.
Venerable Peach