Exposure

"There's certainly no ruling out that possibility."

Fu Qian's speculation about Kanna Kisaragi's condition was clearly startling. After thinking it over for a while, Su Gao finally gave a slight nod.

"In fact, I've encountered all kinds of extraordinary cultivators. Overall, they seem quite disorganized, no more systematic than our kind. Compared with the rest, swordsmanship is already relatively well developed."

"So I think it's entirely possible to unwittingly align with the laws of cultivation without realizing it."

Well-developed swordsmanship? That was only because she'd never seen that one shameless family of spirit mediums.

Recalling the mission he had just completed, Fu Qian sighed inwardly.

"Also, as for your assessment of the notoriety attribute, I can only say that I've never come across anything similar."

Su Gao continued, lost in thought.

"To define a concept, spread it far and wide, and then imbue it with extraordinary significance—that's practically..."

"Divine authority, you mean?"

Fu Qian smiled faintly and finished her thought.

"In fact, I had the same impression. That Emperor An Jing doesn't seem as feeble as people make him out to be."

"As for his motives, our initial theory was that the Native Council was helping him deal with his own Hidden Danger. I kept wondering on my way back whether we'd been too conservative. Could he be trying to advance even further?"

The Divine Envoy advancing further...

Even Su Gao couldn't help looking at Fu Qian in surprise. After a moment's thought, she shook her head.

"I can't make a judgment on that. I can only say that, as far as I know, after someone gains divinity, the path to each successive First Order is often strange and complicated. If An Jing Shizhi really intends to do this, then this probably won't be his only move."

"Understood. I'm just