"May I ask you to explain more clearly, Great Emperor? Though I do not fear making enemies of the Nine Abysses Demonic Beasts, I do not wish to make a decision knowing nothing."
Xu Taiping considered it carefully, then looked Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland in the eye and spoke in a tone neither servile nor overbearing.
Although Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland had withdrawn the fluctuations of his aura and his oppressive pressure, the imposing presence of a superior still weighed on others until they could hardly breathe.
Thus, although Xu Taiping had appeared as unruffled as drifting clouds and a gentle breeze when he spoke, he had actually expended considerable mental effort resisting that imposing presence.
"You do not trust me?"
Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland asked Xu Taiping with a hint of amusement in his voice.
"It is not that I do not trust you." Facing the invisible pressure emanating from Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland, Xu Taiping shook his head earnestly. "I merely wish to live with understanding, and to die with even greater understanding."
Xu Taiping had thought it through very clearly.
If Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland wished to exchange his death for peace in Mysterious Wasteland Heaven, then even if he was unwilling, even if he felt it unjust, his strength would not allow him to refuse.
But at the very least, he had to speak the words "I refuse" or "I agree" with his own mouth.
"To live with understanding, and to die with even greater understanding?"
Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland froze for a moment, then threw back his head and let out a hearty laugh.
"Good, good, good! Well said-to live with understanding, and to die with even greater understanding!"
With that, he lowered his head once more to look at Xu Taiping from his towering