"Why should I go over there?"
Several geniuses trudged through the Dao Realm Mist Sea, battered and bloody, cursing as they went.
They had encountered an old man with an Immortal Wind Dao Bone and a kind, benevolent face. He had treated them with warmth, showered them with praise, and invited them to share in a great opportunity.
But as soon as they went over, disaster struck. They triggered a major crisis, leaving themselves covered in wounds and nearly dead.
In no condition to continue onward, they had no choice but to follow the safe route they had carved out on the way in and retreat to recover.
"That damned old man is despicable."
"He set us up, boo-hoo..."
They regretted it to the core. They had listened to his flattery and mistakenly thought they possessed immortal potential, so they had gone over to try merging with some Dao Realm.
And look how that had turned out.
Thinking of the old man's smiling face, they wanted nothing more than to beat it into a pig's head.
There was no doubt about it: the old man they had encountered was the same one Li Ye had met in the Level 7 Dao Realm.
"Ancestor of the Lin Family has been studying that Level 7 Dao Realm for many years. He's nearly become a Successor, right?"
"He should be close. That's why he's been inviting talented people from all over to comprehend the Dao with him, hoping to fill in the last little piece of insight he's missing."
"Over the past few years, plenty of unlucky souls have been dragged off by him. Even those who manage to gain something get 'interrogated' in all sorts of ways afterward. In the end, they lose more than they gain."
"Looks like he just