Even so, Ling Xiao did not respond at once. Instead, he drew a deep breath and met Lu Yang's gaze with an expression unlike any he had shown before.
Only after a moment did he abruptly speak:
"When I left the Netherworld, a Dao Lord came to find me. He claimed there was a side path, one that could teach me to attain [Yin-Yang], and that it too was a road leading straight to the heavens."
The moment those words fell, Lu Yang narrowed his eyes.
A side path to attaining [Yin-Yang].
Only after Ling Xiao explained what a side path was, and used the World Honored One as an example, did Lu Yang understand. At the same time, his mind rapidly deduced its feasibility.
At first glance, it really is a narrow path.
But in this day and age, [Yin-Yang] is nowhere to be seen, and the Dharma Body is already dead. What could he use to attain it? Right! False History. Only in False History could he possibly attain it!
Ling Xiao did not need to explain any further. Lu Yang had already understood the entire chain of events, and immediately reached a conclusion. "That lord was deceiving you, Fellow Daoist."
Unlike Lu Yang, although Ling Xiao had guessed that he had been led around by the nose, his information was limited. Like a blind man feeling an elephant, he knew that something was there but not what it truly was. Lu Yang, by comparison, knew far more secrets, so he immediately pinpointed the greatest flaw in this so-called side-path method.
"Because [Other Shore] has—and can only have—six Dao Lords!"
Rumble!
Before Lu Yang had even finished speaking, the vast [Human World] immediately reacted. Faintly, a towering outline seemed to emerge on the distant horizon.
[Other Shore]!
That