Heavenly Duke ultimately chose to compromise.
It was not because what Mu Changsheng said made sense. In truth, whether it made sense or not, he could not judge; he did not possess that degree of rationality.
He simply chose to believe.
He believed Mu Changsheng's judgment. After all, the other party had always been reliable before this. Since he had made a decision, he surely had his reasons.
Thus, Mu Changsheng soon received Heavenly Duke's assistance. A sudden intuition arose from nowhere, giving him a thought: Sky Soaring has not completely let down his guard around us. Or rather, he is actually wary of that Nameless True Lord. The one who acted before was only an avatar.
His true body has been following us all along!
This was merely a guess, a completely baseless guess. Yet Mu Changsheng firmly believed it, knowing in his heart that it was Heavenly Duke's reminder.
Wait. This is bad!
At that thought, Mu Changsheng's heart skipped a beat. I've been using Divine Thought to contact that Nameless True Lord. Could he have already discovered it?
That was not impossible.
Divine Thought transmissions could be discovered. Though the other party could not know what message you had sent, they could detect that you had transmitted a message outward.
When he had traveled with Old Dragon Lord before, he had sent one message. He had even found an especially fitting excuse for it, barely managing to muddle through. Yet just now, with only Tian Qiu beside him—and Tian Qiu's abilities being limited—he had sent out many messages through Divine Thought without restraint.
But if Sky Soaring had been following them all along...
I've been discovered.
Mu Changsheng instantly cast aside all illusions. *I've definitely been discovered. The reason that fellow has not acted yet is probably