As Lu Yang's words rang out, the Golden Seeking light overseas finally revealed its true form, along with the figure within it.
It was an unremarkable figure.
He was not as majestic as Chongguang, nor as erect as True Person Demon-Sweeping, and lacked Empress Xiao's graceful allure. He was ordinary, even slightly humble and stoop-shouldered.
Yet he still stood there.
Of the four directions seeking gold, his path had been the hardest. Dao attainment, cultivation, Gold Nature—every one was a barrier. Yet in the end, he still stood stubbornly firm.
Humble, yet unwilling to give up.
Stooped, yet not insignificant.
Above his head, a Blessed Land had already opened into the Foundation Establishment Realm. It skirted the Sea of Suffering and echoed from afar with a Fruit Position, drawing nearer step by step.
At the same time, True Body Tathagata saw clearly the Fruit Position the other sought. It was not Heavenly River Water. Or rather, Heavenly River Water had merely been a deliberately crafted illusion. Only when he drew close and examined it carefully did he pierce that layer of Mist Barrier and see what Fruit Position it truly was:
"Spring Water!?"
Suo Huan!
From the very beginning, the one seeking gold overseas had not been Tian Qiu. It had been Suo Huan, who had deliberately disguised himself as attaining Heavenly River Water while actually attaining Spring Water!
As for how he had disguised it?
That was thanks to Lu Yang's exchange with the Divine Thought left behind by True Lord Flying Snow before he sought gold. The entire disguise had been fashioned under True Lord Flying Snow's guidance!
Lu Yang had been extremely confident in this.
After all, in the life before last, True Lord Flying Snow had disguised her Ravine Stream Water as Long Flowing Water and