"Honestly, who knew what kind of bewitching potion that Xu fellow fed my husband? He's utterly stubborn."
Gu Xiaosang watched Meng Qi leave and could not help stamping her foot.
Since Meng Qi had yet to fully realize his own identity and was not sufficiently prepared to resist, both Gu Xiaosang and Qi Zhengyan had been evasive whenever this matter came up, never laying it all out plainly.
Otherwise, if they revealed everything now, it might cause Meng Qi to "awaken" to his identity and be replaced immediately.
After all, he truly was only an Other Self of the Demon Buddha, merely a rather special one.
Just like the Sword Emperor: after Ascending to Heaven in One Step, shattering the Void, and meeting Su Wuming, he immediately "understood" his identity and was absorbed.
Thus, such indirect hints would only leave Meng Qi with the thought: I trust Xu Yue.
"On a personal level, I trust Xu Yue as well. The Dao Marker can resist, and so can the product of Reduce and Seek Emptiness. It even has no pressure to survive."
Qi Zhengyan spoke blandly.
A Dao Marker fish was originally an Other Self deliberately marked by a mighty being, specifically reserved for use when returning. Once it chose to return, the Other Self would naturally be replaced and fused by its true self, becoming one.
Reduce and Seek Emptiness, however, meant gradually replacing Heaven's Will itself, inheriting everything from it, allowing it to "extract" itself from the Myriad Heavens and Worlds and attain the Dao Fruit.
In theory, if a Dao Marker fish chose resistance, it would become an irreconcilable enemy of its mighty true self. As the two were one, the stronger the Dao Marker became, the more the true self's strength would weaken. This would reduce the