Hadn't the Outsiders made such a huge fuss precisely to set a trap for Heart-Questioning Valley?
But now there was a problem.
They had arrived, so where were the Outsiders?
Did the Outsiders really think they could take him, Ying Huaixu, down with nothing but a Divine Weapon?
Ying Huaixu hadn't underestimated that so-called Divine Weapon, but weren't the Outsiders taking them far too lightly?
Ying Huaixu propped his cheek on one hand, watching the scene outside the window as his fingers tapped incessantly on the table.
Tai Wangshu brought over some tea and poured it.
"Any thoughts?"
As she spoke, she handed Ying Huaixu a cup of tea.
Ying Huaixu took it, had a sip, then smacked his lips.
"Are the Outsiders planning to let these strange rules wear us down until we're dead?"
"Then, once our numbers have dwindled, they'll pour straight into Dream Province?"
Tai Wangshu sat down cross-legged opposite Ying Huaixu.
Looking out the window as well, Tai Wangshu nodded. "It's probably just as you said."
"Everyone is fighting over whatever might appear in Dream Province this time. You disrupted their original plan, so naturally, they have to come up with something else."
"Just like the approach you thought of earlier: let our people go in first, then have this Divine Weapon hidden behind the scenes slowly kill them."
"Once most of our people have been killed, the Outsiders will enter the fray."
Tai Wangshu lifted her teacup and took a small sip, then looked at Ying Huaixu again.
"But for them to do this, they have to know, or even be certain, that we don't know what we'll actually obtain in Dream Province's Secret Realm this time, or what we're fighting over."
Ying Huaixu nodded. "I thought of that, but that wicked look on your