In the pavilion.
The Nine Provinces Imperial Preceptor looked at Jiang Man without saying a word.
He had no inclination to respond.
Jiang Man asked curiously, "You can't leave?"
"Do you have a way to get me out?" the Nine Provinces Imperial Preceptor asked in return.
Jiang Man thought briefly. "Can you leave on your own, Imperial Preceptor?"
"Yes, but I need to stay," the Nine Provinces Imperial Preceptor told him truthfully. "I still need to keep the Nine Provinces Inheritance going."
Jiang Man felt nothing in particular about the inheritance and simply continued asking, "Then what if Ting Fengyin had invited you out back then?"
"He didn't invite me back then, and I didn't recognize his potential either." The Imperial Preceptor fell silent for a moment, his face full of rueful emotion.
"So you missed your chance?" Jiang Man asked.
The Nine Provinces Imperial Preceptor considered it briefly, then nodded slightly. "You could put it that way."
Jiang Man looked at him with a smile. "Then if you were given another chance, would you seize it?"
The Nine Provinces Imperial Preceptor looked at Jiang Man suspiciously.
In response, Jiang Man pointed at himself. "Yes, I'm your new chance. You missed the last one. Now another chance is right in front of you. Are you going to miss this one too?"
The Nine Provinces Imperial Preceptor narrowed his eyes, not remotely tempted.
"You don't believe me?" Jiang Man asked.
"I do," the Nine Provinces Imperial Preceptor said with a smile.
You don't, Jiang Man thought.
But he gave it no further thought, much less tried to persuade him.
Not everyone was like Old Chang, truly believing after just a few words.
Since the other man didn't believe him, he would leave it to time.
The light would descend sooner or