[At those words, the being restraining you visibly froze and fell silent. Only after a long while did he respond slowly:]
["Then what connection does he have to that [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority]?"]
[As though something had occurred to him, he added:]
["I mean the [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority] who returned from the [Fourth Era]!"]
[To this, [Longevity Great Talent] merely replied:]
["I cannot discern anything, but presumably... there is no connection!"]
["Perhaps!"]
[Even after [Longevity Great Talent] said that, the being controlling your "Number One Other-Self" remained only half-convinced, seemingly deeply suspicious of you.]
[Silence descended over the scene, and you could not help speculating about his intentions—or rather, whose side he was actually on...]
[This being could restrain you directly, which showed that his strength was powerful enough to defy the heavens.]
[And he could converse with Longevity Great Talent like this, addressing him as Senior. Viewed that way, the answer was on the tip of your tongue: he had to be the Island Master of this legendary Penglai Immortal Island!]
[According to your previous intelligence, the Painting Dao Founder, [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority], shared an exceptionally close friendship with a certain Penglai Immortal Island Island Master.]
[And [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority] belonged to [Beyond Heaven]. By that reckoning, Penglai Immortal Island ought to belong to [Beyond Heaven] as well...]
[Moreover, he had to know about that clash at the pinnacle before your arrival, when you had used [Purple Talent: Transform All Beings] to assume Senior Lin Feng's form and establish your might!]
[But... why?]
[Even an idiot should have known you were with [Beyond Heaven]!]
[Why had he still insisted that [Longevity Great Talent] personally examine you?!]
[And why had his main questions concerned whether you had ties to [Heaven and Earth] or