Upon hearing Zhong Tingzhi's question, Chen Yu looked at everyone present and said, "Fellow Tingzhi, Celestial Xia has no room left to retreat in this battle. Therefore, no matter what methods Origin Xia employs, I am prepared to fight them."
Wei Tingzhi said at this moment, "Chief Minister, if Origin Xia has gathered cultivators from many world domains, its strength may be even greater than we imagine. We need to make more preparations."
Zhu Tingzhi looked at Zhang Yu and said, "Zhang Tingzhi, did that man say what identities these envoys held?"
Zhang Yu said, "I asked this as well. Zhu Wujiang claimed that there was one chief envoy on this journey, along with three deputy envoys including himself. All of them were people Origin Xia had previously gathered from other worlds; not one was native to Origin Xia. Their statuses were not greatly different, but one of them had already been killed in a surprise attack by Zhu Wujiang. That was also why he had suffered such grave injuries."
Zhu Tingzhi said, "Could they send word back?"
Zhang Yu said, "I asked that too. The passage to Celestial Xia is connected by a treasure that stabilizes the Dao. Unless they return at this very moment, they cannot transmit messages midway through the journey."
Zhu Tingzhi said, "If that is so, Zhu believes they will not alter their original strategy. These envoys are all of low status. They likely would not dare openly defy the policy Origin Xia has set for them, nor would they necessarily dare retreat just like that. Most likely, they will still continue toward us according to their original plan."
Everyone considered this and found it somewhat reasonable. Especially given that not one envoy was native to Origin Xia, these people most likely would not dare