But Eleven wasn’t satisfied with his response and said sharply, "It’s not a try, it’s a must-decrypt, there’s no room for negotiation!"

"This is your value!"

Faced with his aggression, Li Mu could only nod, "Understood!"

"I need some time to recover from my injuries, or I won’t be able to open the passage."

Shi the Third’s words made Eleven frown, and he immediately asked, "How long do you need?"

"About three months!"

"No way!"

Eleven flatly refused, "One month at most, the passage must be opened. Once the Celestial Fire Array is set up, our race must retreat to the Hidden Forest Abyss, then it’ll all be for nothing."

Li Mu must be sent over to avoid casualties.

"I’ll do my best!"

Shi the Third stood up slowly and then shouted outside, "Shi Jun, come in!"

He, who had long been waiting outside the hall, ran in immediately upon hearing the call.

"Third Ancestor!"

"Arrange for the elders of the Tree-man Race, fulfill any requests they have."

Shi the Third then strode out of the hall.

"Uh—"

Shi Jun was stunned on the spot, fulfill any requests?

This...

"Alright, we’ll manage ourselves. You don’t need to serve us."

Eleven said with a smile.

As for Li Mu, he looked at him, "I need to go back and prepare a bit, the Celestial Fire Array is very complex. It was created by a Spirit Cultivator of Dao Realm Ninth Layer back then, so it needs some time to study."

"Alright!"

Eleven nodded, then looked at the Tenth Elder, "Brother Shi, please go along and take a look."

Clearly, he didn’t trust Li Mu.

That’s why he let the Tenth Elder accompany him.

However, Li Mu’s expression didn’t change at all; instead, he looked at the Tenth Elder, "Please!"

The Tenth Elder said nothing, just gave him a faint glance and walked straight out of the hall.

After Li Mu left, only a few members of the Tree-man Race and Shi Jun remained in the hall.

"Hey, doesn’t your Stone Race have some crystal stones containing pure energy? We’re here to help your Stone Race this time, bring some over so we can absorb them."

At this moment, a man from the Tree-man Race, at the Peak of Seventh Layer of Dao Realm, looked at the Stone Race, seeming to discuss but actually ordering him.

Shi Jun suddenly became furious.

The Stone Race is also a strong race, surprised to be ordered around publicly now.

But thinking of the Third Ancestor’s instructions, he coldly spoke, "Got it."

The Stone Race is weak now, he had no choice but to bow.

"A bunch of damn trees."

Shi Jun cursed under his breath as he walked away.

Sooner or later, they would pay it back.

"What attitude?"

The man who spoke earlier looked dissatisfied, "They’re so weak now. If it weren’t for my race’s intervention, even their ancestor’s seat might be replaced!"

"Ridiculous!"

"Don’t spout nonsense, the Ten Great Dangerous Lands are a unit, and the ancestors of our two races have significant connections. This time, it’s also to jointly deal with Great Yu."

Eleven glared at him.

"It really is."

The man turned his head, clearly unconvinced.

To him, the Stone Race now only had Shi the Third at the Late Stage of Dao Realm Eighth Layer, far from matching the prestige of the Ten Great Dangerous Lands.

Eleven helplessly shook his head, too lazy to argue.

After all, he was the genius of his race, a bit of arrogance was quite normal.

"Take advantage of the one-month time for good cultivation, strive to decrypt, our race lost an Eighth Layer this time."

Eleven felt a pang of heartache.

Such experts aren’t casually cultivated. Talent, time, resources—all are indispensable.

But it’s worth it!

"Understood!"

Including the man just now, all three at the Peak of Seventh Layer of Dao Realm responded in unison.

...

Bright Moon Mansion, inside a tavern.

Chen Xuan sat there, waiting for Liu Sheng.

He had previously sent a message to him, asking him to wait here.

"Hasn’t he come yet?"

"It’s been half a day already!"

Out of boredom, Chen Xuan started playing with the blue and white cup on the table.

Like in the past, spinning a pen out of boredom in class, the blue and white cup spun smoothly with the flicks of his fingers.

"Creak!"

The door was pushed open at this moment, Liu Sheng appeared, "Yo, kid, seems like you have a future in circus performance!"

He walked over with a laugh and sat opposite Chen Xuan.

"Waiting for you is boring."

Then he poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of him, "Is everything taken care of?"

Liu Sheng picked up the tea cup and drank it all, but his brow furrowed, "It’s cold!"

"You had a fight, didn’t heat you up? Just giving you a cool down."

All this time, the tea must have cooled, how could he not know.

"Ah!"

Liu Sheng sighed, "Turbulent times, we old folks can’t afford to slack off a bit."

These days, he’s truly been swamped, if there’s any dangerous land, he has to go, besides him, Great Yu has no other big shots to use.

He’s almost been to all the Ten Great Dangerous Lands.

"Is the situation that serious?"

Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow; he had been oblivious to the outside world during this time, focused solely on carefree times with Gu Pengyou.

Playing during the day, playing at night too.

Feeling quite carefree.

Finally gaining strength, if not to enjoy it, he’d be a fool.

"Very serious!"

Liu Sheng looked at him gravely.

"Then why didn’t you ask me to act earlier, with your old doppelganger, those people shouldn’t be able to escape, right?"

Chen Xuan asked the doubt in his heart.

"What act! Old man said earlier when I returned from the Stone Race, my doppelganger self-destructed at the Stone Race, if it appeared now, wouldn’t it be deceitful!"

"Really?"

Chen Xuan looked at him skeptically.

Clearly, he didn’t believe it!

If it was true, then why did he hand over the doppelganger back then, in case the Stone Cave was breached!

That... is completely contradictory.