The Soul Seal had been planted, but Jiu You was not satisfied with that. He still needed to draw out Zhao Li's desire and nourish the Soul Seal, so he threw out another bombshell!
Ten thousand years ago, I thought the same as you.
Hearing Jiu You's words, Zhao Li stayed silent. He had long understood the principle of speaking human words to humans and ghostly words to ghosts. Even now, most of his own reactions were an act. How could he possibly ignore everything and just believe whatever the other side said?
Seeing that Zhao Li was not as curious as he had expected, Jiu You did not keep him in suspense and continued, "After I broke through to Dou Di, I searched the entire continent and eventually followed the faintest clues to this place. I discovered that this was the core of that Great Formation. Back then, I had the same thought as you—shatter this place and let Origin Qi be born again on the Dou Qi Continent. Unfortunately..."
At this point, he stopped, as if filled with remorse over his own ignorance back then.
"What the hell is wrong with you? You brought up the topic yourself, then stopped halfway through. If I didn't still need to get information out of you, I'd have to smack you a couple times at least."
Seeing the clumsy acting with its rather obvious traces of performance, Zhao Li was speechless inside, but he still played along and asked, "What happened afterward? Did some unexpected change occur?"
Only after hearing Zhao Li ask did Jiu You put on an expression as though the past was too painful to recall and sigh.
"I considered myself invincible on the continent after breaking through to Dou Di, able to go anywhere I pleased, and