"Your Excellency, do you mean that if Aoqian doesn't return to Chidu, there won't be any problems? So, you're letting me stay in Penglai as the new master, giving me a reliable identity so I can openly make decisions, and then hiding Aoqian in Penglai while I personally supervise him? Is that what you mean?"
Song Xiwei's wisdom meant he understood things immediately.
"This is the safest solution I can think of right now. However, while it seems feasible, it's not easy to implement. After all, Aoqian is from the Demon Clan, and Chidu is where he grew up. Living elsewhere is not his true home. If you discuss this with him, you probably won't get any results. If you don't believe me, you can ask him if he absolutely has to return to Chidu."
The suggestion from Venerable Penglai made Song Xiwei eager to confirm with Aoqian.
But she remained silent before sending a telepathic message to Aoqian.
With Aoqian's clansmen killed, Chidu is currently in disarray. As the young master of Chidu, how could Aoqian possibly give up just because of a few words of persuasion?
Moreover, before persuading Aoqian to leave, he had promised Aoqian that he would return to Chidu with him.
Aoqian might not be able to accept this sudden change of mind.
In the end, it was another instance of me breaking my promise.
Song Xiwei was feeling very depressed.
She never intended to break her promise to Aoqian.
She never even considered how she could scheme against Aoqian.
Regarding the question of whether Aoqian would be affected by the demonic energy within Chidu, she felt that she needed to verify it herself.
We cannot simply rely on the words of Venerable Penglai and assume, like everyone else, that Aoqian will lose control and turn evil.
"No need to ask anymore." Song Xiwei gave up sending a telepathic message to Aoqian.
"What are you thinking?" Venerable Penglai couldn't quite understand the young man in front of him.
As if she had figured things out, Song Xiwei met the vast and profound eyes of Venerable Penglai and said, "I promised him that I would go back to Chidu with him, and I will not go back on my word. If going back to Chidu really affects him and causes him to turn evil, I will find a way to stop it."
"Stop him? Even I and Kongxi couldn't stop him, how can you? The person you know is only the kind Aoqian outside Chidu, not the monster inside. You're oversimplifying things, girl. Aoqian values you highly. If you stay in Penglai, he might be more cautious, at least he won't do anything rash. But if you go back to Chidu with him, once he loses control, he'll act without restraint, and then there will be widespread destruction..."
The Venerable of Penglai sighed, "All living beings are innocent. Can you bear to see the Six Realms thrown into chaos?"
"I can't comment on things that haven't happened. Besides, I understand what you mean: you want me to be a hostage who can threaten him. How is that any different from me helping others plot against him? He's sincere to me, so I should treat him the same way. If one day he really does something detrimental to the Six Realms, I'll be the first to stand up for him, instead of condemning him before anything even happens."
After Song Xiwei finished speaking, he gestured to Venerable Penglai to take his leave.
Venerable Penglai hurriedly called out to her, "Wait!"
Song Xiwei looked at Venerable Penglai, "Is there anything else, Venerable One?"
The implication was that if they continued talking about the same thing, there would be nothing more to discuss.
"You probably think I'm in cahoots with Kongxi, that I'm a bad person who only wants to scheme against that lonely child, Aoqian, but some things really need time to prove them."
Venerable Penglai said earnestly, "I know you don't want to hurt him, and you genuinely care about Aoqian. How could I not want him to have a good outcome? But this matter can only be waited for; we cannot rush it."
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