The cultivators surging madly toward him gradually realized something was wrong.
Great Emperor Fuxi simply stood there, motionless.
The passage to the Path to Immortality was slowly sealing itself. The immortal aura grew thinner, and the light at the entrance dimmed little by little.
At last, an impatient cultivator spoke up. "Great Emperor Fuxi, the Path to Immortality has appeared! Why not lead us onto it?"
Quite a few cultivators nearby rolled their eyes.
A mere Saint had the nerve to ask the reigning Great Emperor to lead him to immortality. Did he have no idea how insignificant he was? A single wisp of the Great Emperor's aura could crush him.
Great Emperor Fuxi did not even raise his eyelids. "Immortality cannot be attained outside the proper time. Those below the Quasi-Emperor realm should not enter rashly."
The crowd fell silent for a moment.
What did he mean by the proper time?
Then someone clever in the crowd shifted his eyes and lowered his voice. "Outside the proper time... the Great Emperor means the Path to Immortality opened at the wrong time. Forcing our way inside won't make us immortal.
"But that applies to the Great Emperor. For us, becoming immortal was always just a dream!
"We might as well get inside and grab what we can before the entrance closes!
"Such rich immortal aura is flowing out of the Path to Immortality. There must be immortal source inside. The Great Emperor might not care for those things, but to us, they're priceless treasures!"
Those words instantly set the crowd abuzz.
Exactly! Even if they could not become immortals, getting some longevity substance and extending their lives by a thousand years would still be a windfall!
With an extraordinary stroke of luck, they might even become immortals!
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