Hearing Mu Yunshang's mumbling, Zero Burial's expression abruptly changed.
"Immortals are poisonous? Why are they poisonous? What did you give up?" Zero Burial immediately controlled the shadow to question him. However, Mu Yunshang was unconscious and could not answer Zero Burial's questions at all. He merely mechanically repeated the words "immortals are poisonous," his voice growing softer and softer until it soon stopped, leaving no further response.
Seeing the change in Zero Burial's expression, Mu Yunshu noticed that the illusion he was projecting had also become sluggish, losing its previous realism. He immediately realized that something might have happened over there.
"What happened?"
Zero Burial shook his head without answering.
"I'll bring him out first!"
Zero Burial added after a moment.
Immortals are poisonous!
This was not the first time Lin Chuan had heard those three words. The Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor had also warned him that immortals were poisonous. Shi Jin was a living example. He had originally become an immortal, yet at the final moment, he chose not to ascend and instead reincarnated into the cultivation world once more. Though Shi Jin could no longer remember the reason, Lin Chuan guessed that Shi Jin had most likely discovered some secret about immortals and then chosen to give up on ascension. As for what that secret was, it was very likely contained in those two words: poisonous.
"Poisonous... what kind of secret could be called poisonous? What sort of situation awaits one after ascension..." Zero Burial frowned deeply.
In the past, he had not cared whether immortals were poisonous, because it had been far too distant from him. But things were different now. He had already reached the late Fusion Stage. With the Cosmic Light Hall and all kinds of immortal artifacts that aided cultivation, ascension was no longer