Long Aotian, standing at the center, smiled faintly as Ye Lin and the other three found seats and sat down.
Figures filled the surroundings, and there seemed to be quite a number of them.
"I am very pleased that everyone was willing to come—and that you were able to pass the test at the entrance."
"And now, I can lay everything out for you."
"According to the information I have obtained, that ruin came from beyond the Boundary Sea."
"Though saying it came from beyond the Boundary Sea may not be entirely accurate. More precisely, that ruin is not a product of the Boundary Sea at all."
The moment those words fell, every cultivator present was struck dumb with shock.
They raised their heads and stared fixedly at Long Aotian.
The astonishment in their eyes was impossible to conceal.
Something that did not belong to the Boundary Sea?
These people had not even fully explored the Eastern Region, much less the Origin Continent—let alone the entire Boundary Sea.
And now he was telling them that this thing was not a product of the Boundary Sea?
How could they not be shocked?
"Young Master Long, how did you learn this?" a cultivator asked in a low voice.
"My father has already divined this ruin's origins. It has no karmic entanglements whatsoever."
"Everyone should know that as long as something exists within the Boundary Sea, even if it is only a grain of sand, it will have karma. After all, how it came into being and where it came from are both matters of karma."
"But that ruin is as though it came into existence out of thin air, as though it suddenly appeared. There are no karmic entanglements at all."
"Of course, there is a second possibility—that even my father's cultivation