Solitary Yangzi and Tian Hong followed Lingdu's gesture. It was in the direction of the Myriad Luminaries Rushing Stars Grand Formation, but Lingdu was clearly not pointing at the formation. The two realized at once. "Evil gods?"
Lingdu said, "Precisely. The evil gods have repeatedly demanded the pills refined by Huanyang from Fellow Daoist Ying. Clearly, they desire this thing. And those evil gods in the void are currently gathered at the gateway between the two realms, merely barred by the lightning net from entering. Since that is so, why not oblige them?"
Tian Hong said, "Use evil gods? That is not a bad idea. The Vast Yang Sect wants this compensation for no more than sacrifice. Evil gods would make fine sacrificial offerings as well."
Solitary Yangzi said, "If I send them to the Vast Yang Sect, will they turn against us?" Under ordinary circumstances, they would not have cared. Refining them was simply refining them; it was not as if they had never done such a thing before.
But with a great enemy before them, every scrap of strength mattered. Even if the evil gods were presently stopped by the lightning net, their existence at least tied down part of Celestial Xia's strength. If they ceased attacking Celestial Xia and instead turned against them, then they would be inviting trouble for themselves.
Lingdu said, "Fellow Daoist Ying once said that evil gods feel neither pity nor compassion for one another, much less possess any sense of morality. They seek only their own benefit. So long as the price is high enough, anything can be done." After a pause, he added, "As for how precisely to handle this matter, we can summon Fellow Daoist Ying and ask him."
Solitary Yangzi nodded. With a sweep of his sleeve toward the