Higher-up?
This Middle-aged Scholar was the... leader of this Heavenly Net Branch Hall?
Wang Jixuan stepped forward and examined him closely, a sudden feeling stirring in his heart.
This was not a human.
Not that he was insulting this higher-up, but Wang Jixuan felt that the Middle-aged Scholar before him was not a living being, giving him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
He seemed to share similarities with the spirit servants Wang Jixuan had created in his Second Life.
An ingenious puppet?
An artifact-based external incarnation?
Wang Jixuan sensed carefully. Though separated by a thick wall of light, he could still feel the vast, ocean-like mana within the other party. His primordial spirit also sensed a faint yet imposing pressure.
Something capable of making his current self feel pressured...
Immortal-level combat strength!
Daoist Wang's eyes lit up brightly, a string of possibilities surfacing in his mind. He strongly suspected that the Middle-aged Scholar sitting at the bow and stopping their ship was either an avatar of some great figure from the Immortal Realm or a puppet cast down into the Lower Realm by an unparalleled expert!
However, this was not the time for him to reveal himself. The burly man in the cloak who had appeared opposite them was clearly an enemy from the Dark Cult.
The two were communicating in a language Wang Jixuan could not quite understand.
Seeing that he seemed somewhat anxious, Hui Zhi Sanren placed an exquisite Jade Cicada into Wang Jixuan's palm. Daoist Wang immediately understood the conversation between the two experts.
At the same time, he could also understand everyone else's whispered discussions.
This Jade Cicada was also an item of the Tianluo Faction. It allowed them to communicate without hindrance while carrying out missions across different realms. After using the Jade Cicada's translation