Such an unexpected answer left not only Jun Lin staring blankly, but even Chen Xiao beside him casting him a sidelong glance.
Facing everyone's gazes, Liu Yidao curled his lip.
"Don't look at me like that. As the Child of the Forbidden Ground, isn't it perfectly normal for me to turn some prodigies of the righteous path to my side?"
"If Ye Yu hadn't slaughtered all the forces I planted—"
"Would I have to humble myself so much before you?"
"Do you think I was born liking to watch other people's expressions?"
The blunt answer left Jun Lin at a loss for words for a moment.
After thinking it over carefully, Jun Lin asked, "You planted informants among the Righteous Cultivators. Did you foresee today's situation long ago?"
"More or less. Signs of war between the righteous path and the Forbidden Grounds had appeared a long time ago."
"You didn't know because your elders kept you hidden away."
"In fact, before any of you entered the world, the righteous path and the Forbidden Grounds had already fought once."
"Those powerful figures who supposedly vanished without explanation all died in that war."
Hearing this answer, Jun Lin pondered for a moment before saying, "Five thousand years ago, a powerful figure emerged from the Great Shang Dynasty."
"Even my Father Emperor thought highly of him. Yet after exploring a certain secret realm, he died under mysterious circumstances. Was that also connected to the Forbidden Grounds?"
"I've actually heard about that."
Tilting his head in thought, Liu Yidao said, "At that time, my Second Master called me out of the Longevity Bloodstone."
"Then he sent me to a secret realm to pick up what others had left behind. When I arrived there, I did indeed find some good things."
"Only afterward did I