Su Shi'er smiled and said, "It wasn't part of our prior agreement. However... if we wish to enter the Ancient God Ruins ahead of everyone else and gain something within, we cannot do without this fellow cultivator's help!"
"Oh? How so?" Nangong Ruoshui hurriedly asked, making no attempt to conceal the interest in her eyes.
"No rush. Before explaining the specifics, I would like to confirm something once more with you three fellow cultivators."
"For this cooperation, aside from joining forces to find a way into the Ancient God Ruins, we must also work together to help this fellow cultivator find something within."
"If any fellow cultivator has objections or concerns, it is still not too late to leave now."
"If there are no objections, then we must swear by our respective heart demons, ensuring to the greatest extent that this cooperation proceeds smoothly!"
"Once the heart-demon oaths have been made, I will naturally explain the specifics."
Unhurried, Su Shi'er continued speaking slowly to the three before him.
Whether heart-demon oaths or so-called Great Dao Oaths—
As cultivators' realms continued to rise, the actual influence such oaths could exert on them became very limited.
Or rather, cultivators possessed all manner of strange and varied methods. There would always be someone who mastered bizarre techniques capable of breaking so-called oaths.
Such agreements were, in essence, meant to guard against gentlemen, not villains!
And at this moment, setting aside Ling Changkong, whose origins were unknown—
The other two were both cultivators of the Mystic Dao Sect, with reputations that preceded them.
Behind them stood either top-tier powers, or forces inseparably connected to such powers.
Even if cultivators like them had ways to break oath agreements, the effect of an oath's backlash upon their state of mind would still be enormous.
So long