What he meant was: I've already backed down this far. If you still insist on hounding my son, that would be rather impolite.
And he had always loathed impolite people.
"Hahaha, of course not. I came to visit you this time because I have an important matter to discuss."
How could Ye Lin have failed to catch Long Aoxiang's underlying meaning? He laughed heartily and let the matter pass entirely.
"Fellow Daoist, I came to find you this time because of a matter concerning the survival or destruction of the Xuanhuang Great World. Take a look at this, and you'll understand."
Ye Lin took out a ball of light and placed it before Long Aoxiang. Long Aoxiang accepted it with a puzzled expression, then absorbed everything within it.
The next moment, Long Aoxiang closed his eyes. A few seconds later, he opened them again, his gaze filled with complicated emotions.
"To gain it is my fortune; to lose it is my fate. I haven't been to Central Continent in a long time. I never expected things to have deteriorated to such a grave extent. Fellow Daoist, you came to find me this time to seek support for Central Continent, didn't you?"
Long Aoxiang spoke calmly, while Ye Lin narrowed his eyes in slight surprise.
"Fellow Daoist, you don't doubt whether this is true?"
"Hahaha, what is there to doubt? If you were lying to me, what benefit would it bring you? What interest would you gain from it?"
"I don't believe that someone like you would go to such great lengths just to deceive a mere old man like me."
Long Aoxiang laughed.
Hearing Long Aoxiang's joking words, Ye Lin smiled. He was beginning to like this old man, yet his wariness toward him only grew rather than diminished.
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