The voice was ethereal yet carried a touch of warmth. It sounded just like an old man with an immortal bearing teaching his disciple the Dao.
"I didn't expect to encounter someone connected to him here!"
"Indeed. It's rather unbelievable. That fellow is no ordinary person. Since this little fellow is connected to him, his future is bound to be fraught with disasters. Of course, if he can endure them, it goes without saying that he'll most likely become an unparalleled figure who shakes an entire region!"
"Should we invest in him?"
"Forget it. We're already dead wood in our graves. At this point, we can barely protect ourselves. Investing too little in him would be useless, while investing too much would hinder us. So let's just watch how things develop."
The voice gradually weakened.
But if a mighty expert were here, they could still hear some whispered conversations.
"That little fellow actually learned such an unorthodox evil art as Finger Demonization. He truly defies the heavens. I remember that back then, many of us old fellows couldn't master this evil art to Great Perfection. Yet he reached Great Perfection in an extremely short time. Do you think that's normal?!"
"It's definitely not normal. That little fellow is hiding a great secret."
"That's right. We studied Finger Demonization for tens or hundreds of millions of years without reaching Great Perfection. He reached Great Perfection in an instant. There must be something fishy going on. If not for the fact that this little fellow is connected to him, I'd really want to capture him and study him carefully. Who knows, perhaps after studying him, our cultivation and divine abilities could make a great breakthrough. By then, we might even have a chance to be reborn from the flames. If that