Seeing that Xu Yi wasn't taking the hint, Mu Guangming could only wave his hand. The two attendants began brewing tea again.
Xu Yi understood perfectly well that Mu Guangming was trying to bring the conversation to an end. But this was a rare opportunity—how could he let it slip away halfway through? Shamelessly, he pressed on. "May I ask, Mr. Mu: in terms of offensive power, is true essence always stronger than divine sense? Or, to put it another way, are magic arts derived from true essence always more powerful than attacks with divine sense?"
This was something he couldn't help worrying about. He had no true essence, and so could not derive magic arts. Yet from what he had seen in the past, magic arts were clearly more powerful than divine sense.
If that was the case, then he would be at a disadvantage when fighting Yang Venerate experts. He asked because he hoped Mu Guangming's answer might help him find a way to overcome it.
Mu Guangming replied, "There's no doubt about it. The source of magic arts is the spiritual qi between heaven and earth. True essence is derived when the soul tempers Baleful Intent, and it itself contains a trace of comprehension of the true meaning of heaven and earth. That's why it can communicate with the Five Elements Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth and give rise to magic arts."
"Divine sense, by contrast, is merely a thought of the soul. Only when the Three Souls of Heaven, Earth, and Man unite does it gain the miraculous ability to turn the immaterial into the material. But its source is no more than a person's thoughts. How could that compare with spiritual qi containing a trace of the true meaning of heaven and earth? Watch."