"I didn't expect it either," Huang Xiao said. "The Patriarch was an exception back then. In a sense, he broke the Demon Hall's rules. He knows more secrets and discovered things among them that we know nothing about."
"What will be different about this Thousand-Year Period?" Dugu Sheng asked.
"It's still unclear, but there's one thing we can probably predict: it won't be anything good for the Hall Master. His life might even be in danger. It's laughable, really. Everyone in the world thinks the Demon Hall Master is invincible, but after becoming invincible, his end may be rather bleak. Even if I don't die, am I supposed to spend thousands of years asleep? Half-dead and half-alive-that's not what I want," Huang Xiao said.
"If you fail to win the Hall Master's Seat, you'll probably have no path left but death. Now, according to you, even winning the Hall Master's Seat won't end well. Then wouldn't it be better to find a way to escape this place and these people's control?" Dugu Sheng said.
Dugu Sheng's words made Huang Xiao sigh inwardly.
"How could it be that easy?" Huang Xiao said.
Dugu Sheng also knew his words were somewhat idealistic.
With so many people watching Huang Xiao now, none of them would agree to let him simply walk away.
Too many people were tied to Huang Xiao, and the matters involved were too great.
He no longer represented himself, but an entire force.
It was the force opposing the God-Burying Hall and Pang Ji.
Huang Xiao was the glue holding these people together. Only with him there could the Heavenly Demon Hall and Ten Thousand Demons Hall cooperate wholeheartedly, confront the Pang Family together, and help him rise to power.
"You have to at least try," Dugu Sheng said.
"Brother