Chapter 4007 - Fearful Tortoise
"Once we retreat into the Ninelives Cave, we'll be giving up on the sword cave and handing it to the enemy on a silver platter. Convincing the others to retreat with you without fighting won't be an easy task. While some of us want to retreat, it's those that wish to stay here who pose the problem," Jiang Feifei said.
"The enemy’s too powerful, so it's only natural to take a step back," Tianming said.
"That's true, but we’re young and impulsive. Some of us aren’t afraid of death and wish to go all out. There's nothing we can do about them."
"Well, that's simple. Tell them that the flameyellow remnants can guarantee that the Eightpart Pantheons won't be able to claim the sword cave. Instead, if they enter the Ninelives Cave and fight them with much better terrain, you'd be able to cause enough chaos for us to sneak into the sword cave. It's ours to begin with, so you can trust that we'll be able to reclaim it."
Hearing that, Lin Chaoge and Jiang Feifei exchanged looks. She asked, "Can you really represent all the natives of the Ancestral World, Mister Lin?"
"What do you think?" Tianming shrugged. "We were the ones that killed the Skyfiendling, Shiming Shengshi, Yu Qing, and You You. On the other hand, the Primordial Sands' disciples haven't achieved much in all your time here. Why don't you use this chance to render some merit?"
"Since when did rendering merit mean helping you claim that cosmic relic?" Jiang Feifei asked.
"I'll emphasize again that it’s ours to begin with. Your factions only came here coincidentally once it’d been unsealed. Even then, the Eightpart Pantheons have worked on it for so long with no results. It's fruitless. Fighting them here is also pointless. Try to trust me just this once." At that point, Yin Chen told him that the Eightpart Pantheons' forces had begun deploying. "Alright, we're running out of time. You can choose to take our offer of friendship or you can perish here in vain. At the very least, I can say that we hate the Eightpart Pantheons, but not you. Isn't an enemy of an enemy a friend?"
He knew that the folks from the Primordial Sands had designs on the super cosmic relic as well. Some of them were also brave enough to stubbornly defend their indefensible positions. The thing that could tip the scales now was how rational they would be. Naturally, it was important that they trust Tianming, too. It seemed like the one with the power to make that decision was Jiang Feifei, the descendant of the ancient ancestor.
"Mister Lin, I pray that your trip to the sword cave will be a success. We’ll hole up in the Ninelives Cave and keep the Eightpart Pantheons occupied while we wait for your news," she said.