Chen Changsheng fell silent for a long time under Zhang Bairen's gaze.
"Let me think about it some more!"
"What's left to think about? Do you have a better way?"
"As things stand, either Lu Mingyu takes this path, or I do."
"If you won't let me take it, then you'll have to let Lu Mingyu take it. The choice is yours. Make it."
With that, Zhang Bairen took out a Jade Slip and handed it to Chen Changsheng.
Chen Changsheng stared at the Jade Slip in Zhang Bairen's hand and fell silent.
He didn't want Lu Mingyu to take this path now, either.
Seeing that Chen Changsheng wouldn't accept the Jade Slip, Zhang Bairen stood and said, "Chen Changsheng, I'm not you. I don't waver when it's time to act."
"If you don't want to make this choice, I'll make it myself."
"I've already completed eighty percent of the Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System. Even without your crucial information, I can perfect it given more time."
"It might not work as well, but once someone takes the first step, this path will be perfected eventually."
Meeting Zhang Bairen's resolute gaze, Chen Changsheng said quietly, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Creating the Bitter Sea Emperor Realm System is a road paved with blood."
"Whoever sets foot on it first will become the enemy of the entire world."
"When the Sea of Bitterness body cultivators first burst onto the scene, wasn't Wu Li still beaten—"
"I know!"
Zhang Bairen cut Chen Changsheng off. "I don't need you lecturing me about the history of those days."
"You witnessed that era, and so did I. I know no less than you about what happened back then."
"But no matter what, I'm taking this path!"
"I waited two hundred thousand years for