Ten days later, Ancient Celestial Fiend and Tian Shan, covered in dust, returned to the Southern Heavenly Sect.
They knelt down neatly in front of Li Zhongnan, tears brimming in their eyes, and said, "Master, we request punishment, the mission you assigned was too difficult!"
"Did you not persuade even one?" Li Zhongnan asked.
Ancient Celestial Fiend almost cried out, "It's too difficult, those hidden sects are so proud and impenetrable, one sect even started fighting us before we could finish talking..."
"Heh heh." Li Zhongnan chuckled.
Then he said, "How did you go about it?"
Tian Shan replied, "We tried persuasion, we respectfully visited their sects, then entered to talk with their Sect Leaders. We clearly explained the severity of the situation, and they listened, but in the end, the polite ones saw us out and the unfriendly ones outright chased us away. We couldn't succeed!"
Li Zhongnan looked at them suspiciously and asked, "Is that really what you said?"
