Seeing that Shen Tianming had spoken, Huang Yueji could only stop her accusations. Instead, she looked at Shen Tianming with concern, "My lord, I will bandage your wound now."
"This injury won't kill me." Shen Tianming shook his head and looked at Yu Daohen again, "Are you interested in chatting with me for a bit?"
"Sure." Yu Daohen nodded in reply.
He also knew that if Shen Tianming wanted to kill him, he would have done so long ago, why wait until now.
Another guarantee was those two fellows.
If they learned that he had died at Shen Tianming's hands, they could still turn the Divine Religion upside down.
It was possible they would even kill Shen Tianming.
No, they definitely would kill him.
Shen Tianming turned to look at Huang Yueji beside him, "Go tell them they can withdraw."
Huang Yueji nodded and left.
After Huang Yueji had moved away, Yu Daohen finally spoke, "I noticed that venomous woman's gaze towards you is not right. It seems she likes you."
Shen Tianming's ashen face was expressionless. Perhaps his injuries were too severe to bear, and he directly sat on the ground, "I've lived this long, do you think I can't tell?"
Yu Daohen naturally knew Shen Tianming could tell and asked curiously, "Then why don't you give her an answer? Dragging it out like this is not a solution."
Shen Tianming shook his head, his face still expressionless, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"What's the point of giving her an answer? She will eventually die, I will die, and everyone in the Divine Religion will die, but that's before my plan is completed."
Yu Daohen looked at Shen Tianming, wondering what could make him so determined to throw the entire human world into chaos.
To the point of risking his own life for it.
His birth seemed to be for the sole purpose of bringing disaster to the human world.
Yu Daohen could never forget how, to unseal the entrance to hell, the apostles of the Divine Religion were willing to burn their bodies in flames, eventually turning into ashes.
Every single one of them had a smile on their faces.
As if everything they did was supreme glory.
What kind of faith could make them willingly endure the pain of burning flames?
Was it merely to plunge the world into misery and suffering?
Yu Daohen could never understand and asked, "You possess eternal life, and yet you are willing to die for the sake of bringing disaster to the human world. Is it worth it?"
Shen Tianming smiled faintly, "Who can possess eternal life? However, it's not a problem for me to live another three hundred years."
After speaking, Shen Tianming immediately retorted, "Do you want to live forever, or perhaps another five hundred or even a thousand years?"
Yu Daohen replied without hesitation.
"Anyone would want to live another thousand years. To say otherwise would be a lie, but I know that whatever you gain, you must lose something of equal value."
"Besides, what's the point of living so long? Isn't this century of life enough for you to experience?"
Listening to Yu Daohen's explanation, Shen Tianming seemed to see Xu Feng from five hundred years ago again.
He had given the same answer back then.
"What is it that makes you so determined to open the entrance to hell and let evil spirits escape to wreak havoc upon the human world?" Yu Daohen finally couldn't help but ask.
Shen Tianming didn't answer but looked at Yu Daohen and smiled, "You're not just going to ask these meaningless questions, are you?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Daohen's expression instantly turned serious, "Did you win that battle just now?"
The moment he saw Shen Tianming, Yu Daohen already had the answer.
The Eight Trigrams Compass was likely already in his hands.
This meant the human world would once again experience a catastrophe, and one even more terrifying than the last.
The deeper one went into the eighteen layers of hell, the more ferocious and powerful the imprisoned evil spirits became.
Just the unsealing of the entrance to the seventh layer of hell had already caused unrest in the entire martial world.
If the seals on the entrances to all eighteen layers of hell were broken, the human world would be a scene of widespread death.
"How is your injury?"
As soon as Yu Daohen finished speaking, he reached for the Kang Long Whip at his waist.
Seeing the common people plunged into misery and suffering and being unable to do anything about it, he truly found it difficult.
However, one had to act within their capabilities. Forcibly intervening would only cost him his own life.
How could Shen Tianming not notice Yu Daohen's small movement? He slowly said, "Alright, although I am seriously injured, you are still no match for me, at least not the current you."
Seeing that Shen Tianming had said so, Yu Daohen could only abandon the thought.
Although he wasn't a good person, he wasn't heartless either. He couldn't stand by and watch the common people suffer disaster while he remained indifferent.
He couldn't do it.
But what of it? He didn't have the ability to save them.
If his strength were superior to Shen Tianming's, he would certainly not stand idly by.
Since he couldn't be a great hero who saved the world, he might as well be a lazy fish who ate and slept, doing as he pleased and living out his days aimlessly.
This was Yu Daohen's principle for survival.
Seeing that they had chatted enough, Shen Tianming got straight to the point, "Alright, my injuries can't be delayed any longer. I have two things for you to choose from."
Yu Daohen became interested, "What are they?"
Shen Tianming slowly said, "The first thing is about the ghost horn you fused with."
"I can let you use the power of the ghost horn again, but the prerequisite is to implant a force into your body. This force might very well turn you into something neither human nor ghost."
Upon hearing this, Yu Daohen didn't rush to answer but inquired, "What is the probability of success?"
Shen Tianming replied truthfully, "Less than forty percent. I'm not like those two who have the ability to increase the success rate to seventy or eighty percent."
Yu Daohen nodded and asked again, "And the second thing?"
Shen Tianming smiled faintly and said,
"Join the Divine Religion. I believe you know your current situation. At most, in five years, the Heavenly Court will send gods down to hunt you. I have a seventy percent chance of guaranteeing your survival, something even those two cannot do."
"However, once you join the Divine Religion, it means you will be an enemy to all living beings in the world. You should think carefully."
Upon hearing this, Yu Daohen was somewhat curious, "Why are you helping me like this?"
Shen Tianming answered without hesitation, "You saved me back then, so consider it repayment of a debt."
Yu Daohen began to ponder.
Being able to preserve his own life was quite a temptation.
But could he really plunge the entire human world into misery and suffering just for his own life?
This choice truly tested the heart.
"Well, have you thought it through?" Shen Tianming asked.
Yu Daohen's eyes suddenly became firm, "I want to try this power. If it fails, then it's my bad luck. As for the second thing, I'm afraid I cannot agree."
Shen Tianming smiled faintly, he already knew this would be the outcome, "It seems it's as I thought, you won't agree to the second thing."
Yu Daohen smiled without speaking, but his heart was crying.
Damn it!
This damned cult leader loves posing these choice questions. He knew I wouldn't agree but still said it.
And this damned sense of justice!
The common people of this world owe me a life!