"I..."
Lin Xuan was tongue-tied. He had always been a quick-witted cultivator, but he also understood that his actions just now had truly been far too abnormal. There was simply no way to explain them.
Moreover, Lin Xuan's mind was a tangled skein, and he had neither the time nor the mood to make up lies.
So after stammering for a while, he actually had nothing to say.
Seeing Lin Xuan's reaction, the expressions of the other four became quite a spectacle.
Everyone present was an old monster who had lived for over a million years.
Needless to say, they were shrewd.
Connecting it with how anxious and curious Lin Xuan had been about ancient secrets, they naturally had their own judgments and guesses.
However, since Lin Xuan was unwilling to reveal it, it would not be proper for them to keep pressing him.
After all, they were companions now. Pushing too hard would only bring the opposite result.
They did not want a moment's curiosity to create a rift between them and Lin Xuan.
And so, with the four of them pretending not to know, the awkwardness slipped past.
Fairy Yutong continued recounting the ancient secrets. "That True Person Huayu was an overwhelmingly powerful figure among True Immortals, and what was even rarer was that he possessed extraordinary bearing. He once traveled through the Three Realms and became acquainted with Asura..."
"There is no need to speak of Asura King's astonishing talent and brilliance. Her beauty was even harder to describe. The only one who could compare with her was the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox."
"The two hit it off at first sight and fell in love, almost to the point where neither would marry anyone but the other."
"Of course, the two of them were no ordinary mortals. What