"Hmm? What did Master Nangong mean by this?"
Su Shi'er sat as steady as a mountain and immediately questioned her in return.
There was also a hint of probing in his words.
Outside the Ancient Immortal Sect earlier, Nangong Yi had appeared to take advantage of the situation before everyone, yet by offering commissions to Spirit Severing stage rogue cultivators, she had actually meant to help him out of his predicament.
He had already guessed as much at the time.
This Nangong Yi—or rather, the Heaven Scroll Avatar he had given her years ago—might well have already seen through his true identity.
Yet now, Nangong Yi was acting with such respect, while the title she used for him was that of Daoist Tianshan.
"Someone told me that Senior and Senior Su Shi'er were friends who had faced life and death together. They told me that seeing Senior was the same as Senior Su being here in person."
"Senior Su's kindness toward this junior was as great as remaking me!"
"Given the relationship between Senior Tianshan and Senior Su, how would this junior dare behave presumptuously?"
Nangong Yi lowered her head and bowed, continuing to speak respectfully.
Su Shi'er continued, "Then in that case, inviting me here this time was also that person's intention?"
He knew clearly that the one who had seen through his true identity should have been that Heaven Scroll Avatar.
The Immortal Body and Demonic Cultivator Body had awakened independent consciousness because they had originally been formed from his separate Nascent Souls.
As for the Heaven Scroll Avatar, it was very likely related to the dispersal of his soul and consciousness when his original body had entered the Heaven and Earth Furnace years ago.
Before his soul and consciousness entered the Immortal Body, he had vaguely sensed