Huang Mei said impatiently, "All right, quit giving me that crap. If you've got a question, hurry up and ask. I'm in a foul mood and want to go back to sleep."
Xu Yi took a sip of tea. "Old Desolate, don't you think it's strange? Since arriving in this world, I've tried contacting Xiong Bei Ming and Yan Zi with the Ruyi Pearl, but there's been no response at all. Isn't that abnormal?"
He had been holding that question in for a long time, and only found a chance to ask today.
As soon as Xu Yi brought it up, Huang Mei's temper flared. He snapped, "...It's perfectly normal that you can't contact Xiong Bei Ming and the others. The Ruyi Pearls from the lower realm are useless in this world unless you link them again...This world is boundless. Finding one person is like fishing a needle out of the sea...I advise you to spend less time mooning over romance and more time thinking about what matters. For one thing, this world's cultivation system is vast. It's a world where people become immortals and Buddhas, and instead of working hard at cultivation, you're thinking about useless things. That's a grave taboo..."
Xu Yi waved his hand repeatedly. "Just say the Ruyi Pearl won't work. Why go on and on about things that don't matter? By the way, speaking of cultivation, what is this 'Dao Integration Stage,' and how does one 'integrate with the Dao'?"
Huang Mei said, "That 'integration with the Dao' doesn't mean literally joining your body with the Great Dao. It means reaching the limit of using your own heart to verify Heaven's heart. After passing through three tribulations, your body's potential is more or less developed to its utmost, so you need to rely on external