A Conversation with Sky Soaring

Although Lu Yang had wavered for only an instant, Sky Soaring was no ordinary figure. His gaze was like a torch, and he immediately noticed the unnaturalness in Lu Yang's manner.

"Fellow Daoist, you did not know?"

This time, genuine surprise appeared in his eyes. "I thought you had learned that secret and gained some confidence, which was why you dared to use a Grotto-Heaven to refine a True Treasure and sever your own Dao Path. Yet you knew nothing at all. How strange. Where did you find such confidence?"

Lu Yang could only remain silent.

After all, how was he supposed to answer that? He could hardly say it was because he had cheats. Better to keep quiet and play the part of an unfathomable expert; at least that would keep the other party from seeing through him.

Fortunately, Sky Soaring Afterimage had no intention of digging to the bottom of it.

With a soft chuckle, he said, "It seems Fellow Daoist was truly fortunate. Otherwise, with your talent, you might instead have strayed onto a crooked path."

What did that mean?

Thoughts spun through Lu Yang's mind. His comprehension might not rival Patriarch Tingyou's, but when it came to scheming, calculation, and hidden intentions, he had some skill of his own.

The next second, his pupils contracted sharply.

There is something wrong with the Grotto-Heaven Method!

With my talent, if I had not used a Grotto-Heaven to refine a True Treasure, I could have used the Enlightened Self-View Immortal Method to break through to the Golden Core Middle Stage by now. Is this what he means by straying onto a crooked path?

Why was that?

At that thought, Lu Yang's brows furrowed deeply, his heart growing heavy. Yet Sky Soaring Afterimage looked perfectly at ease, as though he