Sinister vs. Cunning

"Were Blade Beasts creations of Spiritual Practitioners?"

"Sorry, I cannot answer."

"Were Psionicists deliberately infused from humans by the Spiritual Practitioner Civilization?"

"Sorry, I cannot answer."

"Are you toying with us?"

"Sorry, I... uh."

When the elderly phantom saw the wisp of Black Energy circling Wang Jixuan's Sword Finger, it hurriedly changed its tune:

"I am not toying with you. Please calm down, mysterious cultivator!

"What I must say is that I am merely a gatekeeper protecting the inheritance. The information I possess is limited, and some information cannot be revealed without permission from the Spiritual Practitioner Civilization, because I am only a gatekeeper.

"This is a kind of... Civilization's Encryption."

Wang Jixuan said leisurely, "Whether you are a gatekeeper or a Spiritual Practitioner is something we will verify ourselves, not something we will accept based on your empty words."

"How could a powerful Spiritual Practitioner be threatened like me by the filthy psionic energy you wield?"

The phantom's features became a little clearer. A hint of bitter amusement appeared on the old man's face as he continued:

"You cannot understand me, just as I cannot understand you.

"I am a False Thought Form born from the multidimensional psionic formula, somewhat like the Mechs created by those humans over there.

"My task is to guard this Stone Slab... You can enter the Stone Slab and take a look. When your hand touches it, I can guide your soul inside, and then you will understand everything I have said."

"I'm not going," Wang Jixuan refused decisively. "I can have a teammate I trust enter instead."

Zheng Shiduo decisively stepped forward.

He had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time!

As long as he could enter, he would become one of Teacher Wang's "trusted teammates"!

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