"Does that mean there's another way?"
Feng Ying's admiration for him was even stronger: "You are indeed very smart. There is indeed another way."
"However...if you really want Chu Lingxiao, the 'Son of Heaven', to leave this world with you, then you will pay a price."
"What's the price?" Gu Qingze asked.
"The price is..." Feng Ying deliberately kept the question a secret, then said with a smile, "You need to work for a thousand years for nothing."
Gu Qingze felt relieved upon hearing this, but then he suddenly thought of something and asked, "I thought I was working for nothing... Do you guys still get paid in this line of work?"
"Of course. This is a job after all, so how can there be no salary? Even if you don't complete the task, you still get a basic salary. This position is very popular, and many people want to take it."
"Do you really think I'd let you work illegally? I'm a very kind boss who treats my employees very well and I respect your personal wishes."
"Besides, there's a reason why I made you work for a thousand years for nothing."
Feng Ying continued, "Chu Lingxiao is the 'only walking reserve energy source' in this world. If we take him away directly, the laws of nature in this world will perish along with us."
"So... in order to stabilize the Heavenly Dao of this world, I will use half of my system's energy to construct a reserve energy source for it. This will appease the Heavenly Dao of this world and allow it to allow us to take Chu Lingxiao away."
"This is going to cost me half my system's energy, so it's only fair that I let you work for a thousand years for nothing, right?"
"Feng Ying, thank you." Gu Qingze felt touched when he saw what Feng Ying had done for him.
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