"My lord..."
The Sacrificer looked deeply moved, seeming as if he wanted to say more, but the White Tiger Immortal Core had already closed its eyes, cutting off direct communication with the people of the White Tiger Tribe.
Consciousness returned to the center of the altar, and the White Tiger Immortal Core fell into deep thought.
The people of the White Tiger Tribe regarded it as a Beast God, the one who bestowed them with everything.
But only the White Tiger Immortal Core knew that it was rely using these people to fulfill its mission.
Even though the White Tiger Immortal Core believed everything it did was without any intention of deceiving these people in the slightest.
Yet were its gifts really worth these people staking their fate and future on, risking everything for?
Faith never arises out of thin air; every increase in the White Tiger Immortal Core’s power ca from these tribal people.
Before Su Chengyu appeared, the White Tiger Immortal Core could still return the power absorbed to the people of the White Tiger Tribe.
Creating a virtuous and positive cycle was the reason the faith system could endure and remain a path of righteousness until now.
Yet Su Chengyu’s premature arrival had completely shattered this balance.
The Thunder Pool it carefully crafted, connected to the Earth Veins and in harmony with the thunder of the world, indeed had the power to resist Earth Immortals.
But it was not as it once was, and achieving the current use of the Thunder Pool was accomplished by exhausting nearly half of its fortune.
Not gathering, but truly expending, never to return.
So, the more the people of the White Tiger Tribe trusted it, the more tornted it felt inside.
It no longer knew if it was still walking the right path, but...
"It seems I no longer have the option to turn back."
"Turn back? You’re not really getting attached to these people, are you?"
A voice suddenly appeared in this space that once belonged solely to the White Tiger, but the White Tiger Immortal Core wasn’t surprised at all.
In fact, one could say that the reason the voice could appear there was largely due to the backdoor the White Tiger deliberately left open.
It guessed the other party would certainly contact it, but hadn’t expected the contact would co so late.
"Vermilion Bird, it was you who told her how to unravel the Thunder Pool, wasn’t it?"
"I had no choice, forced to bow beneath the eaves. But it was nothing much, really, just a few hints, and the thods were all his own."
"His own thods? Can that guy really recreate the Mountain and Sea Scroll?"
"Oh? Indeed you realized, so you altered what he saw?"
"You guess."
The White Tiger Immortal Core replied nonchalantly, clearly not intending to divulge any information.
"I can’t be bothered to guess. I warned him of the risks ages ago; whatever he walks into your trap doesn’t concern ."
"No longer concerned about being beneath soone else’s eaves?"
"He never asked, so none of my business."
The Vermilion Bird’s contrary attitude made the White Tiger Immortal Core feel strange, and after a mont’s thought, it said.
"So, what exactly is your relationship with him now?"
"As you said, he caught , that’s all."
"Do you want to stay here and cultivate these human branch lines?"
"I’m not as foolish as you. I just exposed myself too early and got sched against by that guy."
"In that case, why didn’t you contact sooner?"
The White Tiger asked with slight displeasure. As one of the Four Great Divine Beasts, they had their own ways of communicating. Neither Su Chengyu nor even a true Earth Immortal could detect their disconnect.
"Contacting you for what? You intend to be a turtle hiding in its shell, you’re not going to co out and save proactively, are you?"
"What exactly do you want to do?"
The White Tiger Immortal Core was completely angered by the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core, and it could no longer understand what the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core was plotting.
"It’s not about . I don’t intend to do anything. In my current state, I couldn’t, even if I wanted to. But...I won’t accept an outco where I’m taken away and you can stay safely. So what if you planned ahead of ? In the end, you’re still going to end up in their hands like !"
"You..."
The White Tiger Immortal Core frowned deeply, never imagining Vermilion Bird could be so ruthless.
"What? Is there a problem? If I can’t fare well, why should you all fare well?"
"This is the mission entrusted to us by Empress Nuwa!"
"A load of nonsense about missions. In the end, weren’t we just abandoned as pawns back then?"
Confrontational, the two forr comrades have now completely torn their facades apart.
Despite the internal fury of the White Tiger Immortal Core, it had no recourse, only confused as to how the Vermilion Bird from those days had turned into what it was now.
Seemingly sensing what the White Tiger Immortal Core was pondering, the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core spoke in a quiet tone.
"We are no longer the sa. You consider the Great Emperor’s mission more important than yourself, and you even feel compassion toward these humans who shouldn’t be just pawns. This ensures we cannot understand each other at all."
"I don’t."
"You don’t? Then why don’t you simply sacrifice ninety percent of this tribe’s lives? With their belief in you, as long as you, the Beast God, command it, there wouldn’t be the slightest hesitation from them!"
"That’s because even then, it might not stop him!"
"Heh, but deep down, you must know that without doing so, you cannot possibly stop him."
The Vermilion Bird Immortal Core responded with a cold sneer, understanding Su Chengyu’s thods and prudent nature very well, doubting he’d fall into the trap set by the White Tiger Immortal Core.
"That might not necessarily be so."
The White Tiger Immortal Core spoke softly, its anger toward the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core dissipating mostly by now, turning its gaze afar to where Su Chengyu was, who had destroyed yet another Thunder Pool Core.
"Oh, you still have a final card? Or could it be..."
"Initiating sothing not at the start ans it won’t ever happen. Frankly, it’s rely a difference in ideology between us. If I’m truly outmatched, I’ll go with him. It’s just taking a more perilous path, after all."
"Humph, tedious."
The White Tiger shook its head, choosing silence instead, no longer expecting the Vermilion Bird before it to understand its actions.
But it no longer mattered. It realized, as long as it could deal with Su Chengyu, everything would be settled.
"What exactly is this guy?"
"He is that guy’s son."
"Who?"
"The bastard who abandoned you all to this realm."
"He’s here to take us away?"
"Doesn’t seem like it either. This guy doesn’t know much. His coming here seems to have been an accident, and now he doesn’t even know how to return."
"What did you say?"
The Vermilion Bird Immortal Core’s words left the White Tiger Immortal Core montarily stunned. This reaction struck the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core as odd, prompting it to speak with perplexity.
"Why? Is there a problem?"
"You...haven’t discovered anything beneath where you’re hidden?"
"What’s that? Speak clearly, don’t mumble your words like so mystic!"
Seeing the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core’s reaction, realizing it was truly unaware, the White Tiger Immortal Core slowly elaborated.
"Su Zhedian sealed us here; it’s precisely at the nexus of this world, where entrances lead to the very origin of this realm."
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