On the surface, Abyssal Sea Immortal King looked amused, and even somewhat inscrutable.
In truth, he was rather shocked.
He thought back to when he had first seen Li Yun. After discovering Li Yun's Special Physique, he had decided to probe him and see whether anyone else had left methods on him.
After all, Divine Water Immortal Palace had been using Primordial Spirit Immortal Island to recruit talented disciples for ten years now. The forces that ought to know, and even those that ought not to know, more or less all knew.
If certain forces wanted to target Divine Water Immortal Palace, secretly making a few moves and arranging a few chess pieces to slip in was an entirely normal thing.
And his probing was meant to ferret out those chess pieces planted by other forces.
Especially someone like Li Yun. By the rules, he was to become a Core Disciple of Great River Hall, and if he showed further promise afterward, it was entirely possible for him to become a Core Disciple of Azure Sea Hall.
Every Core Disciple of Azure Sea Hall in Divine Water Immortal Palace could be addressed as "Your Highness," and their status was extremely special.
It could even be said that, in the future, among those Core Disciples of Azure Sea Hall, perhaps someone might cultivate to Immortal Sovereign and become the new palace master of Divine Water Immortal Palace.
If such a person was a chess piece planted by someone else...
Then the consequences would be grave.
Therefore, in probing Li Yun, he had absolutely gone all out.
But what he had not expected was that, under his all-out probing, he had not discovered any traces left by other forces on Li Yun. Instead, he had unexpectedly sensed a faint thread of Forbidden