"What?!" My expression changed. I had always thought the Saintly Dao's Zenith was merely an ordinary divine sword, but I never expected it to have such a special background as well. Li Xiangru had revealed so much about that ghost cultivator; he and that ghost cultivator were probably already close to complete trust.
Was this an all-or-nothing gamble, or was he deliberately deceiving me? Li Xiangru was skilled at scheming, with unfathomably deep thoughts. Nine parts of what he said were true and one part false. People like him usually did not lie, but once they did, they were far more dangerous than those whose words were seven parts true and three parts false, or half true and half false. That was because that single lie could often turn everything around—and the facts had already proven how cunning he was.
"Back then, when the Saintly Dao Sect and the Immortal Kingdom went to war, that outstanding figure of the orthodox path infiltrated the Immortal Kingdom. He used that very sword to sever Eternal Silence and Grief, but then, because his innate ghostly aura erupted, he was devoured and transformed into a ghost immortal. After years of cultivation, he became a ghost cultivator of the Immortal Kingdom. As for the Saintly Dao's Zenith, he could never use it again. Of course, he couldn't use Eternal Silence and Grief either. Do you know why?" Li Xiangru soon arrived not far behind me.
At that moment, not far ahead of me, I suddenly noticed an extra streak of red light—though I didn't know whether it was an illusion. My face changed, and I immediately changed direction and fled south. Li Xiangru really was devious beyond measure! He had pretended to chase me at full speed, but in reality, he had already formed an