"May I meet the master of the cave and ask him in person?" Yu Ci's voice was exceedingly gentle.
Tie Lan remained silent for a long while. Yu Ci thought he was likely using some secret art to contact the master of the Sunken Sword Cave. Then Tie Lan shook his head. "The master cannot spare the attention at present, but he asked me to tell you this: in the Sword Immortal Secret Realm, guests are those fated to be there."
"Those fated to be there?" Watching Tie Lan leave, Yu Ci's expression did not change. Those vague words lingered in his heart only briefly before fading away. Given the Sunken Sword Cave master's temperament, his words could not be wholly disbelieved—but if one believed them all, there would probably be no good end either.
Only one point was certain: the Sunken Sword Cave master had indeed been paying him a certain degree of attention. Now that he thought about it, that attention should have stemmed from when he had forcibly condensed the Upper Azure Star-Glow Induction Divine Thunder Talisman. The other party's need for cultivators with Talisman Arts mastery was likely no lie, but whether he truly intended Yu Ci to unravel those three talisman seals remained unknown.
After pondering for a moment, Yu Ci felt that all the possibilities he had considered before had long since been smashed to pieces by reality, leaving his mind even more muddled. He simply stopped thinking about it. Without enough information to go on, any speculation was wild fantasy—but trapped within this Manifestation Flying Boat, where could he gather intelligence?
With a sigh, Yu Ci sat cross-legged on the bed and regulated his breath, seeking to settle his mind. Yet something he could normally accomplish with ease always fell just short at