The two of them had come to the Hidden Light Hall. One had clarified the inheritance path better suited to herself, while the other had seemingly touched upon a legendary aptitude, achieving a qualitative transformation in her grasp of Authority power.
The gains were so abundant that they were simply outrageous.
The situation Beyond the World was exceedingly treacherous; opportunities often coexisted with risks.
Such smooth and bountiful gains made it impossible for Shen Yi to suppress his doubts.
Could someone have arranged this deliberately?
Byron's seemingly casual yet deeply meaningful arrangements, Aoyue's advance gift of the Azure-Sky Spirit Flower—a gift generous enough to be called lavish—and Feng Qingyao's earlier recommendation.
Behind every act of goodwill from these hall masters of the Immortal Sacred Land, there seemed to be some unspoken message.
Besides, Shen Yi had never believed that pies fell from the sky, especially in a place like Beyond the World. The more one gained, the more one usually had to pay in the future.
"..."
"Just based on what you've gained, the two of us have already reaped astonishing benefits from this trip," Shen Yi slowly said. His voice was calm, yet it carried a trace of barely perceptible chill. "Not to mention... my own gains have been equally outrageous."
He paused, his gaze seeming to pierce through the flame isolation barrier Xilos had set up and fall upon the towering, mysterious outline of the Hidden Light Hall.
"The two of us have both gained greatly from this trip. If Feng Qingyao had anticipated it from the start, why would she have warned us in advance?"
"Everything has come too suddenly and too quickly. I can't help wondering whether someone arranged it deliberately."
Upon hearing this, the excitement on Xilos's face cooled slightly, and the flames in her