Pei Ling, inside the secluded courtyard, heard this and his expression turned strange for a moment. But soon, he controlled his incarnation to reply, "In the Upper Realm, I own ten thousand immortal estates."
"Each estate is filled with immortal pills, medicines, and artifacts, in their thousands upon thousands."
"My domain stretches far and wide, from east to west and from south to north. Even an Immortal Emperor would need years to cross it..."
He thought to himself, No one from this world has ever been to the Upper Realm. There's no way to verify whether I'm telling the truth, so I can make up whatever I want.
Besides, Wushi Villa had long since taken him for an Immortal Emperor. Naturally, he couldn't let himself lose an Immortal Emperor's grandeur now.
So Pei Ling went on and on for quite some time. Only when his mouth grew dry did he finally stop.
An ordinary cultivator would have long since grown impatient listening to him.
But Wei Wei Zi listened with rapt attention, as though he truly believed Pei Ling had all those riches in the Upper Realm...
Seeing that Pei Ling had finished, he shook his head slightly and sighed. "It seems Immortal Emperor Pei had only just ascended to the rank of Immortal Emperor before immediately descending to the mortal world for tempering."
"Your resources are rather meager..."
"This world may seem like a flourishing tapestry, but in the end, it is only an Illusion Realm."
"Everything is meaningless except the Dao Heart."
"Only the resources we possess in the Upper Realm are fundamental."
"Our discussion of the Dao is certainly meant to temper us both, but staying in the Illusion Realm for too long is dull and tedious. I wonder if Immortal Emperor Pei would be willing to