In the resplendent reception hall of the City Lord's Manor, a faint fragrance of tea hung in the air. Murong Qingyun and the other Tribulation Transcendence Realm powerhouses explained the many benefits of cooperation to Liu Changxu, promising exceptionally generous terms in hopes of working with the Liu Household to build an Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array.
However, faced with their invitations, Liu Changxu merely responded with a smile rather than giving an immediate answer. He deftly deferred the matter, saying he needed to discuss it with his wives.
His main reason was that he currently lacked the capacity to cooperate with all these powers at once. He needed to choose one or two of them as partners in building an Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array.
Yet cooperation on this scale had enormous ramifications and involved countless considerations, so Liu Changxu had still not made up his mind.
For Liu Changxu, the immense expense of jointly building an Ultra-Long-Distance Teleportation Array was secondary. What mattered most was whether his partners were reliable-whether they would promptly come to his aid when alien races attacked Penglai Island, rather than stand aside and watch his misfortune for their amusement. Otherwise, building the array would be meaningless.
Compared with Liu Changxu, however, Murong Qingyun and the other Tribulation Transcendence Realm powerhouses were far more anxious. The Great Wei Immortal Dynasty's ordeal had left them feeling deeply insecure, fearful that an alien army might suddenly appear on their own lands and unleash a massacre. This was also a major reason they had come of their own accord.
Still, with Liu Changxu refusing to commit, there was nothing they could do. Each planned to approach him privately to discuss the matter again.
To thank his guests from the various powers, Liu Changxu arranged a sumptuous banquet at the newly completed