The voice seemed to have anticipated this, clicking its tongue with a chuckle. "Tsk, tsk, who asked you to be a traitor? What we want is unity. Patriarch Shi Sha won't listen to your words — he doesn't understand how dire the situation in the human domain is. But my family's patriarch does. My family's patriarch believes that the Myriad Heavens Spirit-Locking Divine Formation absolutely must not be restarted. Otherwise, we'll become turtles trapped in a jar. With the human domain's current strength, they might not be able to kill us just yet, but their rate of progress is so fast. If we make our comeback, there's no guarantee their ancient heritage won't resurface."
You Lan fell silent.
He had to admit that the other party's judgment was absolutely more objective than Patriarch Shi Sha's. Patriarch Shi Sha had been sealed away the whole time, and there was only so much he could know about the subtle changes in the human domain.
Furthermore, Patriarch Shi Sha's character did contain a greater degree of arrogance. He didn't think very highly of the human race.
Deep down, he always believed that the Demon Race hadn't been defeated and sealed by the humans — rather, it was because they were unfamiliar with the God Realm Continent and had made strategic errors, falling into the humans' ambush.
It was precisely this obsession of Patriarch Shi Sha's that made him hold the human race in contempt from beginning to end, believing that once the demons recovered their peak strength, they could sweep through the current human domain.
However, judging from the past few years since You Lan and the others had slowly awakened and broken free from their seals, the human domain's strength had indeed been steadily rising.
The speed of this improvement clearly exceeded all normal expectations.
This meant that somewhere in the unseen workings of fate, the Heavenly Dao was balancing everything. It was impossible for only the Demon Race to make its comeback while the God Realm Continent remained entirely unchanged.
But while the other party's judgment was certainly more objective, You Lan was a cultivator of the Yin Demon faction. He couldn't go behind Patriarch Shi Sha's back and conspire with the Shadow Demon clan.
Without Patriarch Shi Sha's approval, he wouldn't dare act rashly.
Thinking this through, You Lan exhaled slowly. "Friend Cifeng, let's pretend we never met. No matter what, I won't go behind Lord Shi Sha's back. I can't do it."
"Are you just going to sit here and wait to die?" the voice asked coldly.
"Hmph. Lord Shi Sha will soon break free from his seal and re-emerge. Our Yin Demon faction has a Divine Dao ancestor presiding over it, and our strength will grow rapidly. What do you mean, 'sit here and wait to die'? I don't like hearing that." You Lan snorted coldly, clearly very displeased with Cifeng's remark.
Cifeng let out an eerie chuckle. "By the time that day comes, their Myriad Heavens Spirit-Locking Divine Formation may have long since been restarted."
"So what? Even if our Yin Demon faction is deep in enemy territory alone, it doesn't mean we have no way to survive. Don't forget — our Yin Demon faction's greatest specialty is turning the living into the living dead, and the dead into the living."
The Yin Demon faction excelled at manipulating souls, controlling corpses, and commanding puppets.
Of the Demon Race's ten factions, it was the most sinister.
"Heh heh. If your Yin Demon faction were really as powerful as you say, why would Patriarch Shi Sha's rejection of your proposal leave you so agitated? So much so that I've been tailing you for this long and you couldn't even notice unless I deliberately made a sound?"
Cifeng's tone was leisurely and nonchalant, tearing apart every one of You Lan's arguments until there was nothing left.
You Lan flushed with anger and shame. "Cifeng, our paths are different and cannot walk together. Just because I won't tear your face off doesn't mean I'm afraid of you. Stay away from me."
Cifeng laughed heartily. "You Lan, look at you — a supposed expert of the Yin Demon faction, yet so flustered and impetuous. With this level of composure, you still want to plot against the young lord of Glazed King City?"
A cold gleam flickered in You Lan's eyes as he stared at Cifeng with a chilling gaze. "Who told you I was going to plot against the young lord of Glazed King City?"