At those words.
Zhang Yuan shrank back.
He dared to take a punch from Li Huixi-it would not kill him. But a punch from the Eastern Bian Li Clan's [Dark-Heaven World-Annihilating True Lord]? He would not dare. That really would kill him.
Even so, Zhang Yuan did not back down. Instead, he said earnestly:
"I've always repaid the kindness shown to me. Chen Xinqiao risked her life for my Celestial Dao Foundation Forging. Naturally, I have to do everything I can to bring her back."
"Oh."
Li Huixi gave an "oh," then thought for a moment and said, "If I wished to bring Chen Xinqiao back, I could do so at any time. But even if she came back to life, she would die again before long. That is something of a fixed destiny. Are you sure you want me to act now, rather than wait a little longer?"
"You had better think this through. I only promised you this once. Once I save her, there will be no second time."
Zhang Yuan hesitated.
He truly did not understand these things.
So he turned to his Master, Xiao Yuanjun, to hear her opinion.
Xiao Yuanjun considered it briefly, then nodded.
Zhang Yuan understood and immediately asked, "True Lord, when you say to wait, how long do you mean?"
From what Li Huixi meant, bringing Chen Xinqiao back required Heavenly Timing, Favorable Terrain, and Human Harmony to align. It had to happen at a particular time.
He just did not know when that particular time would be. Within a hundred years was acceptable, but if it meant thousands or even tens of thousands of years later, he might already have proved the Dao and become a True Lord himself. He could find a way on his own then. Why fulfill any