All was quiet.
The wind rustled the pear tree.
The answer was revealed.
Luoluo lowered her head even more.
Chen Changsheng was quiet for a very long time. Finally, he said, "If Empress is willing, I can treat it as if nothing happened."
Madam Mu asked, "What comes after the word 'willing'?"
Chen Changsheng replied, "Our two races were originally companions, comrades-in-arms. We have a common enemy."
Madam Mu smirked. "You speak of that person?"
Chen Changsheng replied, "Correct, the Demon Lord should still be in White Emperor City, along with those two foreigners."
That was the invitation he was issuing.
He was inviting Madam Mu to kill with him.
He did not want to kill an ordinary person, but the sovereign of the north of the continent, an existence as vast as the darkness.
As for those two foreigners from the distant continent, they were even more unimaginable existences.
Madam Mu was quiet for a while, then asked, "If I accept His Holiness's invitation, then what?"
Chen Changsheng replied, "There is no 'then'."
Luoluo did not understand the conversation between her teacher and her mother.
Madam Mu naturally understood.
Chen Changsheng's meaning was very clear. If she accepted this invitation, he would no longer care about that black cliff.
Whether the White Emperor lived or died, whether he could escape, had nothing to do with him.
A mocking smile appeared on Madam Mu's lips.
"In the end, you've still matured."
She looked at Chen Changsheng and asked, "Are you not afraid of becoming what you most loathed?"
Chen Chang Sheng thought about the conversations he had with Tang Thirty Six by the lake and the stream. He thought about the golden carp that was sinking into the mud. He was silent for a long time and said, "At some important moments, you have to learn how to give up."
Madam Mu said, "I believe that is the greatest characteristic of maturity or decay."
Chen Changsheng fell silent for another very long time.
He thought about Bie Yanghong and Wuqiong Bi who had just left this world.
He thought about ten-some rebellious princes entering the capital, the Tianhai Divine Empress standing on the Mausoleum of Books, the lotus sea before the Divine Path, many red flowers.
"You're right. I shouldn't think this way."
After saying this, he suddenly felt his entire body relax, even his sea of consciousness becoming much clearer.
Madam Mu slightly arched her brows. She had not expected him to change his mind so quickly.
A moment ago, he had been thinking about schemes and methods, compromise and sacrifice, but now, he had thrown all these thoughts to the back of his mind.
Such capriciousness, in the eyes of many, should be the style of villains and women.
Chen Chang Sheng wasn't.
He was just climbing an extremely steep and lonely peak. He walked in silence for a long time, feeling a little lonely and tired.
So he looked out of the cliff.
"Then I'll take my leave."
Chen Changsheng said to Madam Mu, "Madam is right. I should say these words after seeing His Majesty the White Emperor."
Madam Mu's expression chilled as she said, "His Majesty will not see you."
Chen Chang Sheng thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because he can't see me right now?"
Madam Mu looked into his eyes and asked, "If things really are as you think and he's already dead, what will you do?"
Hearing these words, Luoluo raised her head. Her face was whiter than the pear blossoms falling from the branches.
"The matter of you imprisoning the Black Frost Dragon will spread to both shores of the Red River as quickly as possible."
Chen Changsheng continued, "Then I will announce that you have colluded with the demons and become an enemy of the Orthodoxy."
Madam Mu smiled. "Do you think I care about these things?"
Of Chen Changsheng's two sentences, the first was to incite the rage of the demi-human populace against her while the second was to light a fire over the entire continent.
But she was the Empress of the Demi-humans, and also a Saint. She had the confidence to ignore the wildfire rising from the mountains, rivers, and lakes.
Chen Changsheng said, "I don't know if you care, because even now, no one seems to know just what you care about."
The negotiations came to an end, but it could not be said to have broken down.
Because from start to finish, neither side in the negotiations had clearly stated their conditions.
From a certain perspective, they were both negotiating with themselves.
This was not a very difficult matter to understand.
To speak to the world was often to speak to oneself.
Convincing the other party was far less important than convincing oneself.
In the end, Madam Mu withdrew her hand and Chen Changsheng withdrew his invitation, not because he had been convinced, but because they had convinced themselves.
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… …
Chen Changsheng used a secret path to the Starfall Mountains.
Everything was already revealed to the starry sky, so Luoluo followed.
The quiet Imperial City seemed even quieter and more spacious. Madam Mu's figure seemed even more lonely and cold.
Mu Jiushi walked out of the hall and stood at her side, her face brimming with worry.
Madam Mu smiled at her and said, "Do you feel that your aunt is very pitiful?"
Mu Jiushi subconsciously nodded, and then she came to her senses and repeatedly shook her head.
The Tianhai Divine Empress was dead and the Holy Maiden of the south had gone to the distant continent. In the present world, Madam Mu was the woman with the most noble status.
But in Mu Jiushi's eyes, her aunt was truly very pitiful, because she was lonely.
"If you want to achieve something, you need to endure something. This principle is very simple."
Madam Mu caressed her face and said, "Tomorrow, you should go back, because I don't want you to endure this."
Mu Jiushi was shocked by these words, thinking, has the situation already worsened to this level? Her voice trembled as she said, "Why don't we fight?"
In her view, this was the best chance to kill Chen Changsheng, and she could even use Xuelao City as a buffer.
If the Human Race reacted and sent more experts, what would they do then?
How could Madam Mu not understand the principle of cutting a tangled knot with a swift blade?
But Xuanyuan Po's appearance had disrupted the progress of the Heavenly Selection ceremony, and Chen Changsheng … had arrived too quickly, directly altering the entire situation. Most importantly, even if that person's thoughts had not completely changed, they had assuredly been affected.
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With the arrival of the morning light, countless swords flew through the air, returning to their sheaths like streams of light, concealing their sharpness.
Chen Changsheng stood up and gazed at the black cliff. His face was rather tired, but his eyes were very bright.
Even with the South Stream Temple sword array as a tool, breaking this sealing array that was on par with the Tong Palace was still a very difficult task.
But everything was developing in a good direction. With just a little more time, they would probably see the answer.
Jin Yulu was an elder who had participated in the northern expedition against the demons and had seen countless schemes and unimaginable incidents. He was not delighted by this progress, but his expression grew even more solemn.
He said to Chen Changsheng, "Last night, the Empress clearly wanted to kill, but in the end, she did not strike. The reason must be found."
Xiaode added, "The experts of the Xiang clan suddenly retreated. Three armies were advancing on White Emperor City, but they suddenly stopped two hundred li away. There seems to be a faint strength on the two shores of the Red River that changed the decision of Madam Mu and the Council of Elders."
The change in the situation last night was advantageous to them, but it still made them extremely wary.
The White Emperor was trapped, his fate unknown. Just where did this powerful and mysterious strength come from?
Naturally, their gazes were cast to the north, in the direction of the distant Xuelao City.
When Chen Changsheng returned to White Emperor City, he received an invitation.
This invitation had come from the large courtyard extremely close to the Xiang clan's estate.
But in reality, everyone knew that this invitation had also come from the north, from Xuelao City.
The Demon Lord invited Chen Changsheng to meet.
Chen Changsheng thought it over, then accepted the invitation. However, he set the time for four days.
Four days quickly passed.
A heavy snowfall fell over White Emperor City. (To be continued.)
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