At a barbecue restaurant.
Xu Yuan ordered twenty meat skewers, twenty skewers of crispy cartilage, pork belly, gluten, and corn, then added sausages, chicken legs, grilled fish, fried rice, and fried noodles.
He opened three bottles of beer.
Back when he had cultivated in the Primordial Era, this body of his had already turned eighteen.
"Come on. To celebrate eating this well today, let's have a drink."
Xu Yuan raised his bottle.
Seated at the table were Xu Yuan, Lu Feiming, and the Lord of Gui Xu.
Seven days ago.
The Lord of Gui Xu had not yet been summoned.
So Xu Yuan had specifically summoned him to share a meal before he continued dealing with the Imperial Family on behalf of the Ninefold Nether.
"Is it really all right to keep everyone trapped before the war breaks out?"
The Lord of Gui Xu set down his beer bottle and asked the question while eating a chicken leg.
Lu Feiming looked at Xu Yuan too.
Xu Yuan was eating fried noodles. He put down his chopsticks and said:
"Why should the Ancient God get to launch a sneak attack whenever it wants, and those outsiders get to invade whenever they want? Are we humans the only ones who care about saving face? We don't have to, either."
"So this isn't trapping anyone. It's giving everyone a chance to keep their heads down and grow stronger."
The three of them ate and drank like a whirlwind sweeping away clouds. Before long, most of the food was gone.
"How do they know everything? The outside world knows all about the war between the Ancient God and the Universe," the Lord of Gui Xu asked.
"Because the Ancient God swallowed the Three Realms. Everyone outside is waiting to see who wins," Xu Yuan