Chapter 1428: Sitting Face-to-Face, Speaking of the Chance to Live
Ever since Daoist Jiang and Yun Zui entered the Daoist palace beneath their feet, no one had come looking for them. They did not know that Celestial Xia intended to employ a delaying strategy, but they could more or less guess that Celestial Xia wanted to deliberately wear them down.
Yet neither of them was in a hurry. A world's past determined its future. Worlds ruled by cultivators often saw no great changes for hundreds or even thousands of years. Every world they had encountered before had been like this; a few days earlier or later made little difference.
Moreover, battles between worlds could never have a victor decided in an instant. The last world had resisted with exceptional ferocity. They remembered that it had taken more than three hundred years to utterly destroy it. In the end, even Origin Xia cultivators had personally entered the fray. Of course, the main casualties had still been borne by outside-world cultivators like themselves.
Their only concern was that they might fail to reach an agreement before the medicinal effects of the Calamity-Avoiding Pills ran out. But if things truly dragged on until then, they would certainly find a way to withdraw early and return to Origin Xia.
At that moment, they heard someone calling outside. They exchanged a glance and knew that someone from Celestial Xia had arrived.
The two walked out and saw Chang Yang standing there. Their outward courtesies remained impeccable as they returned his greeting. "True Person Chang, greetings. Please, come inside."
Chang Yang saluted them again, then followed the two into the inner room. After the three had settled before the table, he looked around and sighed. "The two of you have been poorly treated."
With a lift