If Dong Xuejiao had asked, Chen Zhuo would have said the same thing.
But if he really got caught, he would give Dong Xuejiao up at the first opportunity.
After all, buying contraband was no great crime.
The Immortal Estate mainly punished the people who made and sold the stuff!
Cultivators who injected themselves with it wouldn't face much punishment.
But if it was Sijing, Chen Zhuo could only say he'd bought it from some random person at the Black Market.
At worst, they'd fine him a few Spirit Coins. What else could they do?
I have a recommendation letter from a Nascent Soul True Lord!
With that letter in hand, Chen Zhuo was in no hurry at all.
Even if he said nothing, those people would have reservations because of the powerful connection he might have.
That Nascent Soul recommendation letter was his million-pound banknote!
At least until he encountered a real descendant of a Nascent Soul cultivator, his path was clear.
After chatting briefly with Sijing about cultivation, Chen Zhuo left the arena, ready to head back and spend more quality time with Lord Jianmu.
Before he left, though, he wanted to look into the weaknesses of the Heartless Dao and why advancing in it was so difficult.
Back at his Cave Abode, Chen Zhuo asked Little Jade directly, "Little Jade, put together an overview of the Heartless Dao for me. Tell me why advancement is so difficult and why the times have left it behind."
The ordinary version of Little Jade would make something up, inventing reasons until they bloomed like flowers.
But Chen Zhuo now had the VP version, the strongest Little Jade available apart from the internal edition.
Its computing power might not be the greatest, but it was enough to help him understand what