In his sea of consciousness, Master Gu's voice suddenly faltered.
Two breaths passed.
"Well, that..."
Master Gu gave a dry cough.
"Once you reach the Divine Mansion Realm, you'll naturally understand."
Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow.
"You're fobbing me off again."
"When have I ever fobbed you off?"
Master Gu snorted. "Those two old bastards are still watching you like tigers eyeing their prey, and you have the leisure to ask about this?"
Li Qingshan shut his mouth.
He looked into the distance at Pinecloud True Person and Pinejade True Person, whose faces were so dark they seemed ready to drip water.
The two of them were also staring fixedly at him.
Pinecloud True Person's aged eyes were filled with malice.
"No wonder you had the nerve to run wild in my Pinewind Abbey. You really do have a few tricks up your sleeve. But, junior, borrowed strength will never be your own."
As Pinecloud True Person finished speaking,
his flying sword wheeled around, its azure light surging brighter.
It stabbed toward Li Qingshan again.
Li Qingshan twisted aside.
This time, he easily evaded Pinecloud True Person's flying sword.
"The Innate Realm really is different. No wonder people say everyone beneath it is an ant."
Li Qingshan grinned.
Inside his mind,
Master Gu's voice rang out again.
He sighed.
"That's because you haven't met that fellow from your Li Family. If you did, you'd learn what it means for everyone in the same realm to be an ant."
Though Master Gu named no names,
Li Qingshan knew whom he meant.
The Ancestral Land Clan Chief.
"Master Gu, you know my clan chief so well. Don't tell me you're someone he defeated?"
"How could that be?"
Master Gu's voice suddenly became piercingly shrill.
He sounded as though someone had trodden on