As thoughts quietly turned in his mind, Su Shi'er's intention to stay and help began to waver as well.
Without revealing anything, he looked at Ren Lingrong and said calmly, "Since your master has already left, has the Ren family considered abandoning Guihai City to avoid the coming disaster?"
No matter who the Ren family's opponent was, so long as they chose to abandon Guihai City, the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land was vast enough to offer countless places to hide.
That way, there naturally would be no disaster to speak of.
Hearing Su Shi'er's suggestion, Ren Lingrong instantly became agitated. "Abandon Guihai City? How could we? This is the foundation the Ren family has built over more than a thousand years!!"
Su Shi'er said evenly, "A thousand-year foundation? Only the living can have a foundation. If everyone in the Ren family dies, what meaning is there in clinging to that so-called foundation?"
"What Senior says is indeed not without reason. It is just that... the Ren family has reasons why we cannot retreat. Since Senior says this, I imagine you have already made your decision!"
Ren Lingrong continued, a flash of desolation passing over her face.
She was no fool. Su Shi'er had not given her a direct answer and had instead made such a suggestion.
Though he had not outright refused, it more or less meant the same thing. ??
Reasons why they could not retreat...
Su Shi'er pondered briefly, then continued, "With your master's cultivation realm, did he not leave behind any other contingency plans?"
He had no desire to become entangled with a Spirit Severing stage cultivator. Yet since Ren Lingrong had spoken to this extent, if he simply left now, the Ren family would inevitably be plunged into danger.
Back in the Hundred Thousand Mines, he