To begin with, after completely dropping all pretenses, Yu Ci was very glad to tell others about the so-called Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva—what her origins were, and what she had in mind.
Before the thought had even faded, a message came from the side of the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva, consisting of a simple two-character phrase:
"Truce."
Yu Ci laughed in spite of himself. Just as he was about to respond, the other side added: "Leave Madame Yellow Springs alone, keep your mouth shut, and let us all live in peace."
Did this mean preserving the secrets of the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva and the Rakshasa Ghost King, and also preventing Madame Yellow Springs from "resurrecting"?
What kind of "peace" was this... It was destined to be fleeting and entirely without guarantee. As long as she still occupied the Law of Life and Death and as long as her known memories remained, Yu Ci was bound to become a thorn in their side and a bone in their throat, someone they had to uproot.
Of course, from the attitude of the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva, Yu Ci could roughly guess that the other side was probably on the verge of launching their move, and was buying time for their operation.
Why on earth should he let them get their way?
The Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva also knew that this threat was unreliable and did not expect Yu Ci to respond, so she cut off the connection.
Actually, with the Eight Sceneries Palace forcibly thrusting itself into the mix, neither side could fight right now anyway. The Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva could be considered to have drawn a bottom line and stated her attitude, and nothing more.
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