"Ancestor, are we just letting him leave?"
Beside the broken Three Corpses Stele, Lin Qinggu gazed at the rift Xu Taiping had torn through the sky canopy as he left, muttering with an icy look in his eyes.
A voice only he could hear rang out:
"What else? Could you stop him?"
With a trace of resentment in his eyes, Lin Qinggu said:
"As long as you were willing, Ancestor Pengzhi, how could we fail to stop him?"
The voice gave a cold laugh.
"You're right, but if I acted against someone who isn't even a half-immortal, I'm afraid the gains wouldn't even offset the backlash from the Heavenly Dao."
Hearing Ancestor Pengzhi say this, Lin Qinggu asked no more.
Just then, Ancestor Pengzhi suddenly said thoughtfully:
"Very well. Three years from now happens to be when the Sky Demon Teleportation Array opens. With a trial like this before you enter the Heaven-Demon Battlefield, your gains once you arrive there will surely be greater."
Lin Qinggu's gaze turned vicious as he said:
"He has the makings of a five-army battle general. Once I devour him, he should make up for my shortcomings on the path of a battle general."
Then he immediately frowned.
"I only fear this three-year appointment of his is nothing but a bluff."
Ancestor Pengzhi said:
"He is deeply entangled with Lin Buyu through karma. With Lin Buyu's remnant soul in your hands, there's no fear he won't keep the appointment."
Ancestor Pengzhi immediately added:
"However, judging by that trace of his aura I sensed just now, you, Lin Qinggu, may not be his match."
Lin Qinggu turned to glance at the broken Three Corpses Stele, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
"So what if my fighting strength falls short when the time comes? His fist