Brother Octopus sighed, then patted Chen Cheng on the shoulder and said:
"Brother, let me give you a word of advice. Sometimes, it is a rare blessing to be muddleheaded. There are too many unknown things under heaven—can you really get to the bottom of every single one?"
Brother Octopus sighed again.
"Ah, suppressing the Reincarnation Law just now took its toll on me too, and I need to recuperate. Your Divine Soul should not remain outside your body for too long. Otherwise, if your physical body is destroyed, it will damage the foundation of your path."
The emotions Chen Cheng had just begun to build up vanished into thin air the moment he heard Brother Octopus's final reminder.
This damned octopus was still as sly as ever. He had not told Chen Cheng earlier that keeping his Divine Soul out of his body for too long would cause his physical body to perish. The bastard had clearly done it on purpose, simply because he did not want Chen Cheng to have extra time to interrogate him here.
Taking the Faith Crystal from Brother Octopus's hand, Chen Cheng shot him two vicious glares before swiftly fleeing toward the void where his physical body lay.
After Chen Cheng left, Brother Octopus put away his triumphant smile and instead looked beyond the void with a cold sneer.
"That old bastard dared send his dog to snatch food from my bowl. Did he really think this meal was so easy to swallow?"
Chen Cheng did not know who had made that straw, but how could Brother Octopus, an old hand who had once roamed the Chaos Void, not know?
On the surface, they looked righteous and aboveboard, but behind the scenes, they were full of filthy schemes. What they loved most was this: