"Wait, Xi."
"Yes!"
Xu Yuan lowered his sword. "Who exactly are you? Aren't you the corpses of the Nine Old Gods?"
The voice said:
"I am indeed their corpses, but they've been gone so long that I developed... a faint consciousness."
Xu Yuan paused, then slowly began to understand.
All this time, he had worried that the Overseer would appear and interfere with his plans.
But now it definitely wouldn't come.
Here was a fine Fruit.
It had no powerful consciousness and was rather stupid, but its flesh was still perfectly intact.
The Overseer would surely prefer a Fruit like that.
And the Old Gods' souls had suffered no losses. They had gone off to "build a new nest."
That meant one Fruit had become two!
As time passed, both would grow even better—
Two fruits on one tree. The fruit farmer would be grinning from ear to ear.
Perhaps the Overseer had stayed away because it was secretly delighted.
In Emptiness.
A black page appeared before Xu Yuan. Written on it were the words:
“Both parties hereby enter into a Friendly Coexistence Contract.”
"Term One: Party A shall no longer obstruct Party B and shall even provide assistance when necessary, so that Party B may complete all matters swiftly;" "Term Two: In return, Party B agrees to engage Party A in staged combat to deceive Party A's souls."
"Do you accept?"
“This Contract shall remain in effect until Party A's matters are all complete.”
Xu Yuan couldn't help laughing. He said:
"I've dealt with plenty of NPCs, but you're the most entertaining one yet."
What was there to think about?
Sign it.
He needed to finish the Path of the Blood Saint and stabilize everything that lay ahead!
That was what mattered most to him!
Xu Yuan signed his