A few days later...
Within the sea domain ruled by the Sea Suppressing Alliance, in a medium-sized Immortal City of the Luminous Sea Region, inside a teahouse...
At this moment, a middle-aged cultivator in the teahouse hall wore a smile as he spoke aloud to the Old Daoist seated opposite him.
"Old Daoist, you said just now that you had a secret to share with us. What secret is it?"
As he spoke, the middle-aged cultivator looked utterly casual, clearly not putting much faith in the Old Daoist's words.
Seeing this, the Old Daoist hurriedly gave him a look and said in a low voice, "Keep it down!"
As he spoke, the Qi Refining Stage Old Daoist furtively glanced around. Only after seeing that none of the many cultivators in the hall were paying attention to them...
did he relax slightly before saying irritably, "If it weren't for the many years of friendship between us, and for the fact that this old daoist has no hope left on the Immortal Path, I absolutely would not reveal this secret to a second person anytime soon."
"You are among the few true friends this old daoist has. Otherwise, don't even think of prying a single word from this old daoist's mouth."
Seeing the Old Daoist's utterly solemn manner, the other two men had the same thought arise in their hearts.
"Could this Old Daoist really possess some extraordinary secret?"
Yet when they recalled the Old Daoist's usual unreliable manner, that thought was immediately dismissed.
Besides...
The Old Daoist was merely an old cultivator with no hope left on the Immortal Path. How could he possibly know such an immensely secret piece of information?
How could that be possible?
It simply wasn't realistic!
Though that was what they thought, they still put on