After hearing Chen Changsheng's words, the ever-silent Bai Ze finally spoke.
"To be honest, you really did more than enough during that period."
"To be fair, I can't think of any reason in this world that could ask you to come out of retirement."
"Speaking of which, when you founded the Sky Abyss World, were you really planning to retire there?"
"Yes!"
Chen Changsheng answered firmly.
"The Sky Abyss World exists to provide supplies for the front lines. To put it bluntly, it's just growing flowers and forging iron."
"I don't care whether Little Immortal Elder, Wu Li, and the others succeed or fail."
"Because I know that with their strength, even if they lose, they'll most likely return alive and unharmed."
"It's no big deal if the Four Brahma Three Realms invades. I can negotiate with them slowly."
"At most, it'll just be like having a few more Forbidden Grounds within an era."
"As for things like the Uncanny, I can study them slowly too."
"If all else fails, I can just protect my own little patch of land. I still have that much confidence."
Hearing this, Bai Ze raised his head and looked at Chen Changsheng.
"But if you do this, you'll remain trapped in that rotten mud pit forever, unable to climb out."
"Then let me be trapped. As long as I don't kill myself, I can live forever."
"That state is a realm people throughout the world dream of attaining."
Looking at Chen Changsheng's "beaming smile," Bai Ze said softly, "When you were in the Sky Abyss World, did you ever think about killing yourself?"
"To be precise, about reaching the end of our lifespans together with us."
"Scholar, Wu Li, and Nian Sheng—all three of them noticed what you were thinking."
"That was why, during