"'Taiyi Tianzun' Han Guang..." "Night Emperor" Huo Lishang rolled the name around in his mouth. For some reason, a sudden feeling came over him that the night was especially dark. The brighter the lights and the more profusely the flowers bloomed aboard the ship, the more they threw the darkness outside into relief, filling it with the sorrow of being far from home.
Ah, he was getting sentimental again. Who knew how long it would be before he could return "home"... Huo Lishang sighed inwardly, but didn't take this feeling of "nightfall" seriously. Smiling, he reached out with casual ease.
"Where's the mask?"
"Where's the Taiyi Tianzun mask?"
Whenever members of this Mysterious Organization appeared, they wore masks depicting ancient immortals. Since the other party bore the title "Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun," he must have a matching mask on him—a specially made mask that, like the "Thousand Illusions Mask," could conceal its wearer from even Dharmakaya senses.
Meng Qi gave an awkward laugh and said evenly, "Our organization is known for its secrecy. Each mask is bound to its wearer. If too many secrets are exposed or the mask is handed over to someone else, a karmic curse will be triggered, and the wearer will turn to ashes on the spot."
He slowly drew out the "Yuanshi Tianzun" mask. Using the inverse application of the Eight-Nine Mysteries and his control over Subtlety, he temporarily altered the mask's surface structure, making it resemble "Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun." Then he showed it to Night Emperor for a split second and, before he could notice anything amiss, swiftly drew it back into his sleeve.
He couldn't convince Night Emperor without doing this. But if he let him look too closely, the fraud might be exposed!
Seeing that it was indeed the "Taiyi Tianzun" mask, and