Jun Ting cupped his hands. "Ruins Lord, once the Great Age begins, the fortunes of the myriad races will shift.
"For the other races, this may be an enormous opportunity.
"But for the Human Clan, which has prospered for thirty thousand years, it is a challenge that must be treated with caution.
"As members of the Human Clan, Otherworlders likewise bear the duty of safeguarding its peace.
"I have come on the orders of the Eight Great Houses to join forces with the Otherworld Ruins and search together for the Earth Abyss Passages within your territory.
"At the same time, we will use the Earth Abyss Passages to issue a joint declaration to the Other Races: whoever invades the Human Clan will be slain by our combined forces!
"There is no time to lose. We will begin in two hours. What do you think, Ruins Lord?"
Ji Yinzhou refused in a low voice. "Since ancient times, the Human Clan and the Otherworld Ruins have been like well water and river water, never meddling in each other's internal affairs. The Eight Great Houses are overstepping!"
Jun Ting spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly. "The Human Emperor acknowledged Otherworlders as his subjects, but he also laid down a rule: Otherworlders must unconditionally obey the Houses' commands.
"Has the Otherworld Ruins forgotten this rule?"
Ji Yinzhou snorted coldly. "For thirty thousand years, the Otherworld Ruins has enjoyed none of the Human Clan's benefits. Now that you have a use for us, you finally remember that Otherworlders are part of the Human Clan?
"The Human Clan thinks it can wave a command arrow from thirty thousand years ago and humiliate the Otherworld Ruins however it pleases?
"Do you take the Otherworld Ruins for the Human Clan's slaves?"
Jun Ting looked Ji Yinzhou straight in the