Once inside the village, the Black Emperor began fulfilling his earlier promise.
"I don't know what status Dao Array Masters hold in your Star River Cosmos, but your attainments in formations are still far too poor."
"Still, I only have a superficial understanding of formations myself. How about this? I have a Complete Compendium of Formations here. Take it and study it on your own first."
The Black Emperor began critiquing Bao Xiaotou before him.
Bao Xiaotou, however, wore a face full of disdain. His attainments in formations were too poor?
What a joke?
He was a born formation master, a natural genius of the formation Dao.
In the entire Star River Cosmos, how many people his age had attained the level of Dao Array Master in formations?
He was even more dismissive of the Complete Compendium of Formations the Black Emperor mentioned. A Complete Compendium of Formations?
It sounded like some roadside bargain-bin trash.
"You brat, you're looking down on my Complete Compendium of Formations?"
"Let me tell you, the Complete Compendium of Formations is required reading for beginners of formations on the Primordial Continent. I nearly lost half my life getting my hands on it back then."
As though he had seen the disdain in Bao Xiaotou's eyes, the Black Emperor rebuked him angrily.
Then he stretched out a black paw and tapped lightly, sending a wisp of light into Bao Xiaotou's glabella.
If this brat had not contributed to rescuing him just now, then based on that expression alone, this venerable self would never have bothered with him.
Back then... forget it.
"Complete Compendium of Formations? Let me see what kind of junk this is—"
Before he could finish, a flicker of surprise flashed through Bao Xiaotou's eyes. Then he sat down cross-legged by himself and closed