A Once-in-a-Millennium Opportunity, the Battle of Fragrance Blending (Middle)

Gu Yan stopped looking at those merit messages, put away the token, and turned to Hai Hong. "You've been paying attention to this person for quite a while now. Is there perhaps some secret to him?" Hai Hong had also seen this bizarre spectacle, yet he remained nonchalant. "The society has all sorts of people in it, and all kinds of weird things can happen. Still, this one... is indeed somewhat different." Having reached this point, he paused to ponder before continuing, "Before we talk about that, there is another matter I wish to ask." Seeing how solemn he was, how could Gu Yan not know that, inadvertently, he had already touched upon the core of some issue? So he said directly, "Go ahead." Hai Hong stared at him. "It hasn't been easy for Brother Dao to regain his freedom. If you get tangled up in certain matters, you will inevitably lose control of your own fate. Therefore, I want to ask, what are Brother Dao's plans for the future? Do you intend to temporarily avoid this realm's tribulation and ascend to the outer realms, or..." Gu Yan laughed heartily. "I've always done as I please, going wherever it's interesting and following wherever there are beauties. True Man Hai, you don't need to probe. If there's anything you feel you can tell me, just spit it out!" "Good, that's the very answer I was waiting for." Hai Hong also burst into laughter, flicked his robe sleeves, and sat down beside Gu Yan, his voice dropping significantly lower. "Brother Dao should know that right now, for Rogue Cultivators like us, this is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity..." Gu Yan rolled his eyes upward. "That's hardly certain." Hai Hong was not annoyed. "Indeed, even with the heavenly tribulation bearing down on us, compared to