Disciple, please come down the mountain soon. Your senior sister can’t wait any longer.

"How about you surrender and pledge your loyalty to me, and I will spare your lives?"

Under the gaze of Tian San, Tian Qi, Zhao Wuming and others, Pei Runnian asked the last question.

Then, there was a deathly silence.

Tian San, Tian Qi, Zhao Wuming, Qin Tianshuang, Ding Mao and others showed an expression of "Just as I expected" on their faces. They didn't say a word, but just stared at Pei Runnian sarcastically.

Pei Runnian seemed not to notice the sarcasm in their eyes. He looked straight at Tian San and spoke again.

"You should be able to see the current situation clearly. You have fallen into a desperate situation."

"If all of you here are really here, once the war starts, you will have no chance of winning and will definitely die."

"If that's the case, why bother sending yourself to die in vain?"

"It's not easy to cultivate to the peak of Dark Energy. You and I both know the hardships that we went through."

"I have finally come this far, but I am going to die in vain because of blind loyalty. Isn't it a pity?"

"Why don't you pledge allegiance to me? I can assure you that all grudges will be written off and no past grudges will be held."

"And after you come to the Pei family, I will definitely not have any suspicion. You can still sit in a high position, hold great power, and enjoy wealth and glory. Isn't this better than you dying here?"

Pei Runnian looked at Tian San and others, his tone full of rare sincerity.

"I know you may have doubts, and you may think that I am just stalling for time and will get rid of you later, but I can assure you that everything you worry about will never happen."

"Be loyal to me, and whenever I eat a bite of meat, you guys will definitely have a piece of meat too!"

"You should know that Pei Qinghai and Pei Qingwu are already dead, and most of the forces within the Pei family that once held me back have disappeared."

"There is only one Pei Qinghe left. He is nothing to worry about. I am fully confident that I can get rid of him. By then, the entire Pei family will be reunited after being divided for ten years. It will be a more powerful force than ten years ago!"

"This force will no longer have any rivals in Hedong. By then, the Pei family will become the true overlord of Hedong!"

"And now that the Martial Alliance Conference is about to be held, the reunited Pei family will have even more powerful strength to strive for a higher status and greater power in the Martial Alliance!"

"By then, the Pei family will not be limited to Hedong. It will start to move out again and expand outward. Perhaps one day it will become the master of the entire Wumeng."

"Haven't you ever fantasized about that kind of glory and power?"

"And don't you want to share this scenery with me?"

"As long as you nod, you will have a share of this beautiful scenery!"

"Death is the only difficulty in the history of the world. There is nothing shameful about surrendering. You don't have to have any scruples. You have already sacrificed so much for Chu Longtu. You have already done him justice. Even if you surrender now, no one can blame you. On the contrary, you will have a brighter future!"

"If your blind loyalty leads to your death today and you cannot see such a future, wouldn't that be a pity?"

Pei Runnian shook his head and looked at Tian San deeply.

"I really can't bear to see that scene, so I gave you this opportunity."

"I hope you can seize this opportunity instead of letting it slip away."

“You know, not everyone will have this opportunity.”

After saying this, Pei Runnian stopped talking, but his persuasive words still echoed in the air and continued to echo in everyone's ears.

If it were someone with a weaker will, after hearing Pei Runnian's words, he would probably have begun to waver.

What Pei Runnian said is actually correct. The only difficulty in the world is death. Who can face death calmly?

On the contrary, there is a road before us that does not require death but may lead to a brighter and more glorious future. Who can face it calmly and without being tempted?

The only price one has to pay is to surrender to one's former enemy and endure some insignificant torment on one's conscience.

Compared to the cost of not dying and continuing to enjoy wealth and glory, it is completely insignificant and not worth mentioning.

Pei Runnian's words are extremely tempting to anyone and are likely to shake the other party's determination and cause them to surrender.

But unfortunately this time he ran into Tian San and the others.

Tian San, Tian Qi, Qin Tianshuang, Ding Mao and others listened to Pei Runnian's words without any change in their expressions, as if what Pei Runnian said had nothing to do with them, and they were not shaken at all by the beautiful future in Pei Runnian's words.

Zhao Wuming's eyes flickered slightly, and he felt a little moved.

After all, seriously speaking, he and Chu Longtu were merely in an employer-employee relationship, and there was no deep interest binding between the two. It was really unrealistic to ask Zhao Wuming to die for Chu Longtu.

However, Zhao Wuming was only shaken for a moment. After seeing Pei Qingsong behind Pei Runnian, the hatred in his heart rose up, and instantly eliminated his slight hesitation.

No matter how good the future Pei Runnian talked about was, it could not compare to the harm Pei Qingsong brought to Zhao Wuming.

After all, even if, as Pei Runnian said, you can enjoy wealth and glory by working under him, that is just being a subordinate to others. Compared with being the master of your own house, it is not worth mentioning at all.

It’s not like Zhao Wuming hasn’t experienced being a dog for others and then enjoying wealth and glory.

The big shot he had hooked up with before, the big shot behind Pei Qinghai, the situation of Zhao Wuming under his command, wasn’t it just as Pei Runnian said?

You can enjoy wealth and glory at will, but if there is really any dirty and tiring work, you still have to rush forward and work hard, right?

Zhao Wuming had had enough of that kind of life, so he decisively chose to betray Chu Longtu after he generously gave him the Barrier Breaking Pill.

He wanted to build a life of his own with his brothers, to be the real boss and experience what it was like to be a real big shot.

But such a future has been completely destroyed by Pei Qingsong, which is equivalent to directly destroying Zhao Wuming's future. How can Zhao Wuming not hate Pei Qingsong?

This kind of hatred can never be eliminated.

Even if Zhao Wuming really bowed his head for survival, surrendered to Pei Runnian, and truly became a family with Pei Qingsong, he would probably not be able to eliminate this hatred. On the contrary, his hatred for Pei Qingsong would grow stronger due to his dependent situation, and sooner or later he would attack Pei Qingsong again and want to kill him.

If this situation really happens, who do you think Pei Runnian will help?

There is no need to think about the answer.

No matter how high Zhao Wuming's cultivation level is, he is just an outsider who surrendered and joined in halfway. However, Pei Qingsong has truly gone through the most difficult times and the darkest years with Pei Runnian. He is Pei Runnian's right-hand man and one of Pei Runnian's white jade pillars that support the Pei family. How could he choose to sacrifice his pillar for an outsider?

So in the end, the one who was sacrificed must be Zhao Wuming.

Moreover, if the Pei family really reunifies as Pei Runnian said, and has a brighter future in the Wumeng and begins to expand strongly, then they may not necessarily need Zhao Wuming anymore.

Half of the reason why Pei Runnian is recruiting today may be that Pei Runnian really loves talents and wants to recruit them under his command to have stronger power. The other half is probably because Pei Runnian does not want too many casualties among his subordinates.

Even if Pei Runnian said it was so simple, killing Tian San and the others would be as easy as crushing an ant with your hand, how could it be so easy in reality?

Tian San, Tian Qi, Zhao Wuming and the others are not wooden men. They will not stand there and let Pei Runnian slaughter them.

They are genuine masters of the pinnacle of dark energy!

Once they are really faced with certain death, they will definitely fight to the death!

Even if they cannot win in the end and will die, they will definitely use their last bit of strength to tear a piece of flesh from Pei Runnian's body and make him bleed more.

Pei Runnian saw through this point, so he wanted to recruit them to avoid such a brutal battle and possible losses.

After all, these people present were Pei Runnian's true trusted subordinates. The death of one of them would be enough to make him feel sad. In order to preserve some strength, Pei Runnian offered to recruit them.

Moreover, Pei Runnian was also very clear that since everyone had cultivated to the peak of dark energy, who didn't have one or two life-threatening skills?

Similar to the secret method of destroying all meridians, consuming qi and blood to convert them into internal energy in exchange for a desperate blow, who doesn't have similar tricks?

If Tian San and the others were really forced into a desperate situation and started using this secret method to fight to the death, even Pei Runnian himself would definitely have a headache.

This is what is meant by "the arrogant are afraid of the stupid, and the stupid are afraid of those who don't care about their lives."

The Pei family led by Pei Runnian is like a well-dressed martial arts master. They value their status, and cherish the bottles and jars in their home and the strength they have accumulated with great difficulty. They don't want to consume too much in a battle that they must win.

And their opponent Tian San and his gang are desperate criminals who have reached a desperate situation. They are going to die, so who cares about your bottles and jars? They will kill as many as they can, even at the risk of their lives. This is what it means to dare to dethrone the emperor!

In this case, the two sides have different mentalities. If a fight really breaks out, Pei Runnian and his men will definitely be restrained and may even suffer some unexpected losses.

It is precisely because of these reasons that the current special situation has occurred, which led to the recruitment of Pei Runnian.

If Zhao Wuming really surrendered and pledged allegiance to Pei Runnian, but one day in the future he suddenly tried to kill Pei Qingsong, causing internal disputes within the Pei family, then without the special situation today, Pei Runnian could have made arrangements calmly, using a round-robin battle or simply a glass of poisoned wine to easily kill Zhao Wuming without paying such a heavy price as it does now!

So when Zhao Wuming figured this out, he had given up the idea of ​​surrendering to Pei Runnian.

Being alive is important, but it also depends on who you are living under.

If I really had to live this kind of life under Pei Runnian's command, I might as well die.

Moreover, although Zhao Wuming had given up the idea of ​​surrendering to Pei Runnian, he actually had his own ideas and calculations.

Because in his opinion, the current situation may not really be at the end of its rope.

In other words, even though Pei Runnian has completely gained the upper hand, they are not necessarily in a desperate situation.

There may still be room for things to turn around.

And there is a great possibility that they don't have to die at all!

The so-called turning point naturally depends on whether Chu Longtu will come!

As Zhao Wuming was Chu Longtu's collaborator and not his trusted subordinate, he naturally had no way of knowing whether Chu Longtu would come.

But judging from the performance of Tian San, Tian Qi and others just now, this possibility undoubtedly exists!