Chapter 201: Adding Frost to Snow (Please Subscribe)

The light-prism cylinder, bright and luminous.

In this residential area on the outskirts of the ruins, one side stood proudly in the air, while the other held its ground in resistance; the offensive and defensive stalemate continued.

Seeing and hearing Meng Changqing and the High Envoy confronting each other with all their might while discussing the terms of surrender made Tang Yiping's scalp tingle.

No, are you really planning to let him go?

What about me?

What am I supposed to do?

If Du En doesn't die this time, I'm afraid the one who dies before long will be me!

When you two negotiate terms, at least include me!

For a moment, he felt his mouth go dry and his body ache incessantly from his injuries; despite the sweltering heat, he felt a chill in his heart. Thus, he had no choice but to bite the bullet, summon his courage, and say to the High Envoy: "High Envoy! Great Cultivator! This matter of letting a tiger return to the mountains must not be done!"

The High Envoy had already begun to slow the offensive, entering a rhythm of adjusting his own state while accompanying Meng Changqing in a tug-of-war of attrition. With plenty of leisure, he spoke quite naturally and as a matter of course: "Though the young tiger is fierce, it is still a tiger of our sect; what is wrong with letting it grow?"

"Ah, this..."

Tang Yiping was dumbfounded.

So I'm just the tiger's food, then?

"Instead of panicking here, you would be better off utilizing your own strengths."

The High Envoy returned from the grand future to the small present, his words calm and composed, stating what was inevitably correct: "He is cultivating, and you can cultivate too. Properly utilize your own strengths, incorporate the Central Palace I opened for you into your system, and take the opportunity to raise your strength as much as possible."

The Central Palace, that is, the middle dantian, the Crimson Palace.

When Tang Yiping was cultivating in the past, he had been somewhat impatient and made some mistakes, nearly failing to manifest even a Foundation Establishment phenomenon; because of this, his Crimson Palace had not been opened even by the time he reached the Golden Core stage.

It was not until shortly ago, when the High Envoy needed to use his dantian as a cover, that he took action to help him open it.

If he could digest this opportunity, his strength would naturally see a significant improvement.

Moreover, he was a person of first-class talent in cultivation, and this was precisely where his advantages and strengths lay.

"Yes, understood, understood!"

Tang Yiping immediately indicated his understanding.

Although the High Envoy did not mind letting Du En return to the mountains, the development of the current situation was clearly heading toward a resumption of hostilities.

As long as Du En truly completed his breakthrough, a real decisive battle would inevitably erupt!

If Tang Yiping could slay the opponent in battle, the High Envoy clearly would not feel any regret, nor would he blame him or stop him; he would only reward him, and the future would clearly be promising!

After all, only a living genius is a true genius!

Thus, Tang Yiping also hurriedly found a place far away and began to heal his wounds, very proactive—even urgent—just wanting to recover from his injuries now so he could immediately begin cultivating.

"Is this his purpose?"

Fu Yong spoke up suddenly at this moment, causing Meng Changqing, who had originally wanted to mock him to see if he could disturb Tang Yiping's Dao heart, to instantly stop his mouth and cast a scrutinizing glance toward this side.

The High Envoy did not look back and answered as if it were a matter of course: "Everyone in our sect has their own use. Even those who die in battle or from exhaustion can provide value for our sect's hegemony; the key lies only in whether they are used in the right place."

"..."

Regarding this statement, Fu Yong fell into silence.

Meng Changqing, who was holding his ground in front, frowned deeply, finding such a philosophy exceptionally repulsive, yet he did not speak to refute it.

On the contrary, the High Envoy had plenty to say and continued: "Just as Du En said before, I came here originally intending to use the Golden Core stage cultivators here, which is why I did some things that might have left openings."

"When it comes down to it, it is only because those three have been idle here for too long, especially that City Lord Yang Feng, who deliberately suppressed his cultivation and did not want to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. If not for the special nature of Nanmo, I would have punished him long ago and moved him to the battlefield; how could he have been left until now?"

Hearing this, Fu Yong could not help but speak with sarcasm: "It's a pity that in the end, only the most useless one took the bait, and the remaining two didn't come."

If they had come, the situation would clearly have been even more disadvantageous for Meng Changqing's side.

"So I say, Changqing moved too quickly; I hadn't even had time to continue applying pressure to them. However, it was also because he moved too quickly that if not for an accident occurring along the way, he would have already lost on the day he stepped into the ruins."

Hearing this, Meng Changqing chuckled: "This is called timing and fate; in the end, fortune is on my side."

When he spoke, Fu Yong fell silent.

The High Envoy seamlessly switched the target of his conversation and retorted with a light laugh: "But even so, it has ended up in this situation; what else is there to say?"

"Human effort can overcome heaven!"

"I hadn't realized before that you had such a realistic and flexible side."

"Regardless of what you think, we are two factions at opposite ends with huge differences, so whatever tricks you have left, use them quickly; no need to keep hiding them."

"That is easily done."

After this bout of attrition and tug-of-war, the armored soldiers' recovery was basically complete.

Thus, at the High Envoy's visual signal, they immediately began to clear the ruins, surrounded the light-prism cylinder, and began to set up an array around it.

Although they had agreed on what would happen after the surrender, it did not mean the current confrontation would relax; on the contrary, to force Meng Changqing's side to surrender quickly and avoid a real decisive battle, the High Envoy would only pursue and attack relentlessly!

Watching this scene, Fu Yong's eyes flickered; he took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly.

"I will also seek a breakthrough!"

"Are you confident?"

"... Eighty percent."

Hearing these words that added frost to snow, Meng Changqing's expression could not help but darken slightly.

And since Fu Yong had made his decision, he, like Tang Yiping, found a place far away where he would not be easily disturbed, forming a triangular standoff with the other two sides, sat cross-legged on the spot, and went into seclusion in public to seek a breakthrough to the Golden Core stage!

"Changqing, why don't you just surrender now."

"Heh, until the final moment, how can one be certain who wins and who loses?"

"This time I will sever all accidents, whether it is the old fellow who should have died but didn't, or the vengeful spirit that keeps coming to cause trouble; you don't need to count on those so-called accidents."

"... I never counted on them to begin with."

Meng Changqing's words lacked conviction.

After all, right now inside these ruins, apart from them, there were only those two accidental factors that could still form a significant interference.

As for factors from outside the ruins, they did not exist.

Because following the previous message sent by Meng Changqing, the High Envoy had also sent their own message.

This time, neither side obstructed the other.

The difference was that Meng Changqing was stingy with the sacrifice of his troops, choosing to order the follow-up reinforcements to halt their advance, so as to avoid them being ambushed and slaughtered the moment they entered, dying in confusion and for no reason.

As for the High Envoy, it was simple: reinforce and replenish personnel, and order a portion of the subordinates to remain outside to cut off interference from external factors; whether it be Yang Feng or Gao Feng, they were now forbidden from approaching the ruins, and if anyone dared to step near, they were to be executed on the spot!

(End of this chapter)