Liao Chen laughed heartily. "I asked you to keep me company, so speak your mind. Say whatever you want. There's no need to hold back. Were you going to ask whether I'm trapped inside this Heavenly Demon Jade Wall?"
Xu Yi nodded and hurriedly flattered him. "As I see it, even if Senior is trapped inside this Heavenly Demon Jade Wall, it isn't your true body that's confined here..."
Xu Yi was incredibly excited. All the clues he'd pieced together convinced him that the Liao Chen before him had lived in some distant age.
In other words, this Liao Chen was the very mythic figure recorded in ancient texts throughout the ages.
To meet such a legendary figure was undoubtedly a pilgrimage along the Immortal Path.
Liao Chen burst out laughing again and pointed at Xu Yi. "My true body? If my true body were here, this world would have collapsed long ago."
With that, he grabbed the wine jug and drank deeply, as if Xu Yi's words had carried him back to that distant, glorious age.
Suddenly, he sighed and gave a hoarse laugh. "I sought true immortality for billions of years. What good is divine power if it cannot master time... The years... eternity... Enough, enough. Why am I telling a junior like you all this? But since you asked, I won't leave you with nothing. There's nothing I need to hide."
"The me you see now is merely a shadow I cast here long ago after making a bet with someone. It's rather laughable. My true body died who knows how many tens of thousands of years ago, yet my shadow hid inside this tortoise shell, evaded countless tribulations, and survived just fine. This damned heavenly fate and creation must be in the hands of some damned