When Yuanshi shouted those words, his true thoughts were entirely different.
He was only speaking now to deceive the beings of heaven and earth and recover a little of the face the Chan Sect had lost.
After all, both when the Spirit Vine Sect held an overwhelming advantage and when Lin Tian brought his forces to the gates of the Jade Void Palace, the Chan Sect's conduct had been utterly disgraceful. All their plotting against one another, all their attempts to sabotage each other, and all those unspeakable acts had made them painful to watch.
After such a performance, the primordial world creatures had probably already decided that Yuanshi was cold-hearted, faithless, hypocritical, and shameless. Otherwise, how could he have taught disciples like those? Although Yuanshi truly was such a person to some extent, he still did not want others to see him that way.
So he would first say something that sounded loyal and affectionate, magnanimous and forgiving.
Consider how Lin Tian had cut him down once before, yet he was still willing to spare Lin Tian. What extraordinary loyalty and devotion that showed!
Of course, since it was a lie, Yuanshi had no intention of actually keeping his word. If Lin Tian truly surrendered under pressure now, Yuanshi would indeed refrain from cutting him down on the spot. But once they moved somewhere no one else could see, that would be another matter entirely!
"Vine Dao Venerable, you should open the Grand Formation and concede defeat. I know you possess the Four Zhuxian Swords and can deploy the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation, but however powerful the Grand Formation may be, it cannot fully withstand an assault by four Saints."
"Moreover, all your Spirit Vine Sect disciples are currently on Golden Turtle Island. If a great battle erupts, its