Hearing Xiao Ling's blunt, forceful response, the Plane Embryo seemed to silently digest the deeper meaning within his words. The chaotic spiritual light flowing around it stilled slightly, and then it sank into silence, with not the slightest ripple of intent transmitted again.
Seeing that it remained silent, Xiao Ling had no intention of pressing it further with questions.
With his temperament and experience, he had already seen through a fair portion of the Plane Embryo's thoughts. The other party had never truly been willing to easily agree to an alliance, yet it was also unwilling to openly tear all pretenses apart. By staying vague and silent like this, it was clearly trying to set the matter aside for now and watch how the situation developed.
Xiao Ling understood this perfectly and could not be bothered to waste more words probing it. Since he had already made up his mind, he would proceed steadily according to his earlier plan.
In the future, when the calamity of the Otherworldly Demons truly loomed close and the situation was forced to the breaking point, time would naturally prove what choice this Plane Embryo would make, and what methods it would use in response.
Since his objective had already been achieved, Xiao Ling was unwilling to waste any more time in this void-like chaos. With a thought, he brought Ling Qingzhu's intertwined and dependent consciousness with him and slowly withdrew from this chaotic space.
The two detached consciousnesses rapidly returned along the path by which they had come, and in an instant, they returned to their bodies.
Inside the quiet, dim secret chamber, the two figures who had been sitting cross-legged with eyes closed and four palms pressed together had their lashes tremble faintly before they slowly opened their eyes one after another.
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