Just as Time Eerie had suspected, Tianma's entire plan—from playing The Fool in Grotesque Town to sending Ji Yan into the Abandoned Dungeon—
was ostensibly meant to use the Underlying Order to seize the Term Talent [Omniscient Understanding].
In reality, it had all been for the sake of having a secret conversation with Ji Yan!
Tianma had even begun paying attention to Ji Yan's movements much earlier.
Especially after learning that Ji Yan had transplanted Time Eerie's bones, placing all of his movements under That Eerie's surveillance, Tianma had been troubled by it for quite some time.
In the end, he came up with a solution—
After sending Ji Yan into the Abandoned Dungeon, he would use The Fool's dungeon-clearance reward to exchange for the Authority in Audience's hands!
Only within Order's games could he block Time Eerie's surveillance.
That was why Ji Yan had revealed such a stunned expression during that all-in game.
That strange, astonished reaction had even lasted several seconds.
It had not been caused by the card game. Tianma had been secretly communicating with him through the playing cards!
The content had been simple, consisting of only two points—
First, he exposed how Time Eerie had guided Ji Yan step by step toward a dead end.
Second, he offered him a so-called path to survival and proposed a partnership!
At the time, Ji Yan had also known that both Nameless Eerie and "Future Ji Yan" were setting traps against him.
But after transplanting the bones and fusing with a fragment of [Omniscient Understanding], he had already been unable to turn back...
Naturally, Ji Yan could not trust Tianma in the slightest either!
Tianma understood that as well.
So, he did not need Ji Yan to agree.
He only needed to wait for Ji Yan to verify