"You arenât qualified to touch this yet... Save your efforts, Iâll give you the chance to step into Crossing Tribulation, otherwise..."
Unlike his earlier time in the Immortal Forbidden Land, where he had to be accommodating due to lacking power, now possessing the ability to perform Crossing Tribulation, he naturally wouldnât compromise.
Even though Ying Yuan Daoist and the Vajra Realm Master were not as strong as him, as masters of their respective realms and with significant influence in the Sea of Chaos, how could they succumb to his threats? Each of them let out a displeased hum but said nothing further.
The Tribulation Crossing Practitioner might be invincible in the Sea of Chaos, but they were not necessarily afraid.
Over the years, who hasnât kept some aces up their sleeves?
Taoist Man then turned his head, looking at Wang Ba with an unhappy expression:
"Do you have anything more to ask?"
Noticing Taoist Manâs uncooperativeness, Wang Ba, though wanting to ask more, ultimately asked just one question:
"Huang... is he, like you, still alive?"
This time, Taoist Man remained silent.
After a long while, he slowly shook his head, with a trace of bewilderment uncharacteristic of him:
"No, he died long ago, died here, though he still thought he was alive. When I arrived, he was still planning to go out in search of Immortal Monarch Luhe, but alas, he left his soul here... Chen Xuan, too, died a long time ago."
Wang Ba was a bit puzzled:
"Then whatâs going on with this Huang here, dying and living, living and dying..."
Taoist Man revealed a faint smile and slowly raised his head. His gaze seemed to pierce through the house, reaching the sky, as if recalling the day after his failure, when he had seen countless Double-Pupil People amidst the vast white fog. His expression grew more bewildered:
"Itâs simple, havenât you noticed?"
"This Sea Market, everythingâs so abnormal, everythingâs constantly changing, why is that, havenât you thought about it?"
"Because here..."
"...is simply the Immortalâs Sea of Consciousness."
Taoist Man withdrew his gaze and looked at him, articulating each word clearly.
"The Immortalâs Sea of Consciousness!?"
Wang Baâs heart shook violently.
Ying Yuan Daoist and Vajra Realm Master couldnât help but shrink their pupils, disbelief flashing in their eyes!
"To use my heart to replace the heart of heaven, a single thought can decide the life and death of all beings, making falsehood reality, at will... This is what it is to be an immortal."
Taoist Man muttered, his eyes filled with a profound obsession and deep yearning.
Then he slowly lowered his head to look at Wang Ba:
"Now, can you tell me what the condition is?"
Wang Ba was silent for a while, but didnât answer immediately, instead asking one final question:
"Was Immortal Monarch Luhe skilled in divination?"
Hearing this, Taoist Manâs eyes showed a trace of recollection, filled with both awe and admiration, and he slowly nodded:
"Almost omnipotent."
"Then it seems I guessed right."
Wang Ba took a deep breath, working to steady the slight yet massive shock within, then faced the puzzled looks of Taoist Man and the other two, looking at Taoist Man, he spoke:
"You mentioned that aside from the immortal, there are only two people in this courtyard... Yet, why are there four futons here?"
Taoist Man was stunned.
Instinctively he turned to look at the futons before the offering table.
Four utterly ordinary futons lay quietly on the ground.
He then suddenly looked sharply back at Wang Ba, Ying Yuan Daoist, Vajra Realm Master, his heart surged with a violent tremor, his mind ringing with realization:
"Four futons..."
"Four people... not counting the Spirit Beast, right now there are exactly four people in the room!"
"Immortal Monarch Luhe had foreseen this day long ago?!"