In the blink of an eye, Li Yun's thoughts raced.
A look of intense panic immediately appeared on Li Yun's face. He bowed deeply toward the Earth Venerable.
"G-G-Greetings, my lord!"
The Earth Venerable remained expressionless, his eyes sharp as lightning. His exceedingly piercing gaze swept over Li Yun. Li Yun could even clearly feel that, while the Earth Venerable examined him, a concealed force was forcibly seeping into his body.
It was a nakedly blatant, brutally forceful probe into everything about him.
Fortunately, Li Yun's Mysterious Gate World possessed its own Forbidden Divine Charm. It was an existence even higher than the Supreme Immortal Gate. A mere Earth Venerable could not penetrate that layer of Forbidden Divine Charm to sense his Mysterious Gate World.
What Li Yun displayed was simply that of a Wind Immortal Venerable who had only recently advanced.
Such strength was not worth mentioning in the Earth Venerable's eyes.
About two minutes passed.
The Earth Venerable's investigation found nothing unusual, and he withdrew his power.
He asked coldly, "Why are you here?"
The moment he heard that—
Li Yun's expression turned blank.
"In reply to my lord, I-I don't know either. I only remember that I had just condensed the Great Dao of Wind Dao Fruit. Afraid that someone might come looking for me, I decided to hide for the time being."
"But for some reason, I was teleported here."
"I was just thinking that this did not seem to be the direction I intended to go..."
Upon hearing Li Yun's words, a sharp glint flashed through the Earth Venerable's eyes again. He cast Li Yun a contemptuous look.
"Hmph. If you lack the ability, don't wander around recklessly!"
"You have fallen victim to someone else's Causal Transference Technique. Someone used the power of the Karma