After a thorough explanation...
All the doubts in Cheng Buzheng's heart were laid bare.
He pondered in secret. The rules of the heavens and myriad worlds Sha Minghong had spoken of aligned closely with the conjectures he had previously deduced.
It seemed that most of the common knowledge of the upper realm and the secrets of the myriad heavens the other party had shared along the way were true and trustworthy, rather than deliberate fabrications meant to deceive him.
Yet that trust was extremely limited; it had never dispelled the vigilance in his heart.
The two had once been mortal enemies locked in an endless struggle, having fought and schemed against each other several times, their grievances deeply entwined.
In the Cultivation World, hearts were treacherous and killing intent lurked in the shadows.
To place complete trust in a former mortal enemy was ultimately a path to one's own death.
And it was precisely at this moment
that Cheng Buzheng completely cast aside every thought of seeking shortcuts to ascension.
Likewise!
His impression of Sha Minghong quietly underwent a subtle change. The man was no longer an enemy he regarded with utter vigilance, one with whom only death could settle their feud, but neither was he an ally to whom Cheng Buzheng could entrust his back.
They were merely two cultivators taking what they needed, temporarily traveling together, with a faint measure of goodwill between them.
Just as Cheng Buzheng's thoughts churned and twisted through countless turns...
Sha Minghong's steady voice came again:
"The lightning within the forbidden area ahead all contains pure power of laws.
The deeper one goes, the denser and more tyrannical the origin of laws becomes, and the danger increases manyfold.
Young friend, you must remain vigilant."
Once he finished speaking, Sha Minghong said no more.