"Looks like I was overthinking it. Since that's the case, I'll have to trouble you, Senior Brother."
Yang An ultimately did not dwell too much on this matter. Since he had already discovered something was wrong, and could not get an answer directly from Fu Ming, it was not something that could be resolved in a moment.
Nor could he kill Fu Ming over it.
Fu Ming's expression remained calm throughout, as though he truly knew nothing about the matter of the Fate Crane that Yang An had raised.
It was difficult for Yang An to glean anything from his expression.
"Since I came out after entering Lower Kou for the first time, I've been gone for five days. Senior Brother only returned to Gray Scale today. Is there any way to prolong one's stay in Lower Kou?"
Now that they were getting to business, Fu Ming had revealed very little before, as though he were hiding something. Surely he would speak now?
Fu Ming shook his head.
"I did not go to Lower Kou. I was within Mirror Self, which is why I emerged after you.
"The me you saw in Lower Kou was merely something I had left behind long ago."
"As for how to prolong your stay in Lower Kou, there is one method that may be able to help you."
"What method?"
Fu Ming looked at Yang An and slowly uttered two words:
"Slaughter!"
He paused.
"Everything in Xian Source Land is neither wholly real nor wholly false. But no matter what, they are products of Xian Source Land, while you are an outsider, constantly subjected to the rejection of the deep world."
At this point, Yang An understood what he meant.
"So through slaughter, I can become tainted with their aura and lessen the rejection