"The Five Elements Heavenly Core is right beneath the ground. Duanmu Hong should be attempting to collect it now. I've already explained everything to him, so you can just go directly to him. Half of the Five Elements Heaven is in exchange for Wuyuan's safety. Master of Hou Family, you must keep your word, and do not disappoint the trust the Sect Hierarch has in you."
Hou Yuxiao won, but he felt no thrill of victory at all. Because Sikong Yue, even in defeat, expressed himself calmly, without any sense of humiliation from being manipulated. It even seemed to Hou Yuxiao that Sikong Yue's tone held a slight sense of... mockery towards him.
What was going on?
It wasn't until Sikong Yue disappeared from sight that Hou Yuxiao's frown began to ease. Looking at Zhantai Wuyuan, who had calmed down in mid-air, Hou Yuxiao thought for a long time but eventually discarded the idea of sowing discord between Sikong Yue and Zhantai Wuyuan.
