Dual Cultivation God Returns

Chapter 865: Building Castles out of Clouds in the Sky

“And you just stood there and let him walk all over you like that?! You surprise me…”, a man with a short black beard which completely framed his face along with his black hair looked away from the scenery in the window he stood in front of, to the Martial Alliance representative, whose office they were in.

“You just weren’t here… you didn’t see those eyes…”, the latter shook his head, speaking with the tone that clearly said ‘you wouldn’t understand’. He was still shaken despite it already being evening, several hours after his meeting with Wu Long.

“Hah, to think a Mortal Transcendence brat was able to shake you so much”, the man who was by the window showed a slightly mocking grin, though it was clear he was doing so knowing it would be taken well by his friend.

“Whatever… if you wish to go after him or the Sunflare Emberfruit he now has, count me out… although if you listen to your old friend’s heartfelt advice, you will also not pursue that youn-… that man”, the Martial Alliance representative spoke in a heavy tone, not reacting to that clear friendly provocation.

“It seems he really got to you”, his visitor spoke as he approached an armchair and sat down, this time speaking with a more sincere surprise.

“I don’t know… something felt off about him in that moment… I knew… against all reason… I knew he was giving me some kind of last chance”, the Martial Alliance representative spoke as he also sat down in another armchair, heavily sinking into it, as if crushed by the weight of his thoughts, and then turning to his friend and leaning a bit forward spoke in a half whisper, with widened eyes, “And it was real… the consequences of that choice he gave, they were real… I could feel it”

He spoke the last bit with an expressive grunt in the slightly louder voice, grabbing his robes on his chest and shaking them.

The one he spoke to started intently at his old friend for a bit, almost not recognizing him. Or rather, having forgotten when he last saw him so panicked. Perhaps in their youth, thousands of years ago, when they both had much to fear.