After thinking for a moment, Sikong Jing took another deep breath and continued asking...
"Doesn't the Cangyu Sect have any neutral powerhouses or guest elders? If you use your status as inheritors of the first-generation master of the Cosmic Vein, could you move the neutrals to help the Cosmic Vein?"
As Sikong Jing spoke, Teng Yue's gaze gradually froze, his eyes gleaming sharply.
At last, he nodded heavily and replied, "There are indeed neutral elder-level figures, and there is indeed a chance to move them. It won't be easy, but it's worth trying. The prerequisite, however, is that Martial Uncle Ying and I must be able to return to the Cangyu Sect."
Hearing that answer, Sikong Jing finally could not help but smile. This was exactly what he wanted Teng Yue to say.
He suddenly took two steps back and said to Teng Yue, "Then now, Brother Teng, please capture me and use me as a hostage."
At Sikong Jing's words, Teng Yue froze again, staring at him with his mouth wide open. Capture him as a hostage?
What did that mean?
Seeing this, Sikong Jing slowly replied, "Exactly what it says. Use me to threaten Chai Gong into withdrawing his troops, then use my life to conduct the first round of negotiations with the Cang Vein."
To change the Cangyu Sect's current structure and ensure that everyone in the Cosmic Vein could survive, they first had to negotiate.
Turn battle and slaughter into sitting down at the table...
To make the Cang Vein sit down and negotiate, they needed both the strength and the bargaining chips to do so. The strength was what Sikong Jing had just mentioned: neutral powerhouses and Ying Sanmeng's second major realm within the Divine Martial Stage.
The chips were Teng Yue's Cosmic Vein inheritance