Hiss...
At Jun Guxian's words, Joy Soul instinctively sucked in a sharp breath.
Sikong Jing had only just entered the third level of the Saint Martial Realm. Though he had used the power he had suppressed during the Emperor Martial Stage to charge into the Saint Emergence Realm, he was still ten minor realms away from the peak of the Saint King Realm.
Reaching it within three months—how could that possibly be easy?
Besides, what exactly did Jun Guxian mean by this? Was this a test for Sikong Jing?
Seeing that Sikong Jing had not agreed, Jun Guxian continued...
"The Overlord Seal Trial was certainly excellent. If not for your performance in the Overlord Seal Trial, I would not have appeared here."
"If not for the legends of Demon War from the Cangyu Demon Sect, I would not have appeared here. If not for your striking of the six Overlord Seal drums from afar, I likewise would not have appeared here."
The meaning was clear...
Those three things had already proven that he possessed something unlike ordinary other-race humans. That was why Jun Guxian had come to drink with Sikong Jing, and why he had told him so much.
"But those alone are still far from enough. If you want us to reject the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family's terms, you will need more."
"Reaching the peak of the Saint King Realm within three months is a necessary condition."
"Because we are preparing to negotiate with the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family. We want them to open a secret land, one for which only the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family possesses the key. We intend to use this incident as leverage to force them."
"And the key to entering that secret land is the peak of the Saint King Realm."
"In other words, if you do