You Had a Tough Life

The wall was a blur, impossible to see through. All they could sense was a deep, still silence, and an ominous, eerie aura.

"Senior, what's hidden in that wall?" Qin Guan asked curiously, looking at the middle-aged man.

"I don't know. With your current strength, you'd best not approach it lightly. Otherwise, your Dao Heart could easily suffer a devastating blow."

The middle-aged man shook his head indifferently. His gaze suddenly fell on Zi Qing and Wu She.

"If you want to obtain the treasures above, you must inherit the Fishing Rod inside a jade pillar. But the moment you take the Fishing Rod, the corresponding jade pillar will drain your Life Origin and turn you into a new Rod Guarding Soul."

His words exploded like a thunderclap!

"What?!"

Qin Guan stared in shock at the Heaven Shaker Fishing Rod in his hand, which had already acknowledged him as its master.

As he focused on sensing it, it seemed something intangible was quietly seeping into him along the connection between him and the Fishing Rod.

"Senior, why didn't you tell us sooner?" Qin Guan looked at the middle-aged man, speechless.

"Telling you sooner or later makes no difference. You can't get out anyway; it's only a matter of whether you die sooner or later." The middle-aged man smiled faintly.

Seeing the three of them looking confused, the middle-aged man continued:

"Why do you think these jade pillars have endured without crumbling, and the Fishing Rods can endlessly draw down the treasures above?

"Because every Fishing Rod is a passageway for life. It drains the user's Vitality Power, Divine Soul, and even the Origin of their fate.

"Some of that becomes the energy used to reel in treasures. The rest sustains the Fishing Ground and nourishes the Mysterious Being deep within