Qu Jianlei nodded. As expected, this guy had formed externally, entered the Soul Nourishing Wood, and was only later installed into the robot.
"Then how about I take you out of the machine now and nourish you with a Gathering Spirit Array afterward?"
Guodong was clearly stunned for a moment before answering, "What I meant was a Gathering Spirit Array—spiritual energy—not that low-grade stuff used by Awakened Ones."
"Of course it's a Gathering Spirit Array." Qu Jianlei raised a fingertip and released a thread of spiritual energy. "This, right?"
"Huh, you really are a Cultivator?" Guodong trembled violently, obviously overwhelmed with excitement.
"After all these years, this is the first time I've seen another Cultivator!"
"What's so rare about that?" Qu Jianlei rolled his eyes. "If I weren't a Cultivator, it would be almost impossible to have this kind of conscious exchange with you."
He and Paranoid and the others could communicate mentally to some extent, but those exchanges were very simple and could not convey anything too specific.
Fortunately, he had mastered divine consciousness techniques. That was the only reason he could communicate with Golden Crow Third in such detail.
In his view, within the Awakened One System, only someone Above Supreme might possibly be capable of such communication—and even then, only possibly.
Besides, this guy looked far too strange. Whether others would be willing to take the risk was hard to say.
However, Guodong objected to his claim. "I actually... can communicate with them!"
In other words, if it wished, it could take the initiative to communicate with Awakened Ones.
Of course, they most likely could not respond in kind, but that was not really a problem. Awakened Ones could just speak aloud.
Qu Jianlei nodded thoughtfully. "You simply look down on them?"
"The dimension of their cultivation