Gu Chengming lightly tapped the Jade Slip on the table with his fingers.
And weren't evil entities the easiest things to kill?
"'Grief and Joy' has no form or substance. As long as there's a crack in someone's heart, it can force its way straight in. The Imperial Observatory's archives record three cities that became dead zones overnight. The people inside had no injuries at all; they all died of exhaustion, overcome by either unbridled bliss or overwhelming sorrow."
She turned her head, her gaze sweeping over the two people across from her. "If it really comes, our only chance of victory lies in the instant it takes physical form."
Fu Xiaoxiao sat beside Gu Chengming, her fingers tracing circles around the rim of her teacup.
"It takes physical form?"
"To feed, it has to transform from an intangible mass of emotions into something that can touch the world around us," Xu Huaiyi explained. She rose and walked over to the map of Mortal World Mountain hanging on the wall, pointing to the eye of the Yin Yang Twin Fish Array.
"That moment will be extremely brief, and it will definitely happen where Mortal World Qi is thickest and emotions run highest."
"The place where emotions run highest..." Gu Chengming repeated.
Then, as if an idea had occurred to him, he looked at Fu Xiaoxiao. "Senior Sister, we can ease up on the restrictions on the Sword Seeking Pavilion for now."
"Not only should we stop suppressing it, we should fan the flames and let the image of that 'Dream Sword Cultivator' take deeper root in their hearts."
Fu Xiaoxiao stared at him for two breaths, then seemed to understand. Her eyes lit up. "I get it! You mean..."
"Exactly!"
Xu Huaiyi listened to the two of them, who had