"Another thirty thousand years from now, people of the future will regard you and me as nothing more than legends."
True Person Yuanji sat upright, his square features calm and composed. Only within those deep eyes, like ancient pools, lurked a faint glimmer no one else could understand.
"Traces of the Divine Beast Era can be found throughout countless ancient texts. To simply label it 'fantasy' merely because one has never seen it personally would be rather like covering one's ears while stealing a bell."
Covering one's ears while stealing a bell.
Those four words struck heavily against everyone's hearts like a muffled hammer blow.
Indeed. Those ancient texts passed down for millennia, those legends spread by word of mouth, those totems carved into stone steles—if they were dismissed as false simply because one had never witnessed them firsthand, what was that if not deceiving oneself?
"Furthermore—" True Person Yuanji paused, his tone remaining tranquil. "Jing Cangyi is not the first person capable of transforming into a divine beast."
The atmosphere upon the floating platform changed abruptly. The information contained within those words, as well as their hidden implications, made it difficult for anyone not to let their thoughts run wild.
True Person Yuanji spoke with such certainty, as though he had witnessed it with his own eyes.
When had he seen it? Where had he seen it? If even True Person Yuanji, one of the leaders of the "Two Sects," had seen such a thing... everyone's gazes turned in unspoken accord toward True Person Yu Qing at the seat of honor, filled with inquiry and expectation.
True Person Yu Qing lifted his teacup and took an unhurried sip, giving everyone ample time to digest that bombshell. Only after the fragrance of tea lingered beneath his nose for a moment