"What is it? Has something changed again?"
Given Bai Di's trust in Wu Chang, he had been extremely unwilling to suspect this partner who had accompanied him for more than a century.
Yet after this surprise attack on the northwest began, the many unforeseen changes on the battlefield, the whispers of the Old Devil from beyond the heavens, and the various abnormalities Wu Chang had displayed made it difficult for him not to question Wu Chang's true motives.
Once the seed of suspicion was planted, it began to sprout and grow beyond control.
The sharper one's mind and the more exceptional one's schemes, the more easily one often fell into the whirlpool of doubt than those who were slow-witted.
But Bai Di was indeed no ordinary man. Relying on his innate, extraordinary composure, even though stormy waves already churned within his heart, he did not reveal a trace of it.
Just as he had in the past, he showed Wu Chang a map of the northwestern war situation, then said calmly, "The matter in the northwest has dragged on too long. Delay breeds change. I want to accelerate the deployment process. Seven days from now, I want that newly ascended Demon Venerable, along with that batch of True Intent Cultivators, sent down. Can it be done?"
According to Bai Di's conjecture, if Wu Chang had truly placed his bets on both the Righteous and Demonic Paths as that Old Devil claimed, then faced with this spur-of-the-moment decision, even if he did not try to dissuade him, he should at least have hesitated.
Yet contrary to Bai Di's expectations, the moment Wu Chang heard his proposal, he decisively voiced his support.
"It can be done! To tell you the truth, I had already had the same thought. It was only because