"You are too kind, Impermanence."
Kui Guanzhi looked middle-aged, his long hair hanging loose in a carefree manner. Yet his gray-white pupils lent this True Person's bearing a touch of gloom.
He was the ruler of Xianyu, the current inheritor of the Calamity Qi Dao Lineage. His divine powers had already reached their peak, with no room left to advance.
"Fellow Daoist, you already possess a Manifestation Sign. Your divine powers have clearly undergone a qualitative Transformation... it is time to sense your nature and life."
The tall, thin figure carrying a banner spoke in a shrill voice.
The other white-robed Impermanence immediately chimed in:
"Fellow Daoist Guanzhi, you have perfected the Five Methods, and your Dao Scripture reaches the realm of heaven and man. Seeking a place among the Surplus intercalary positions would be beneath you. You ought to attain the Dao."
These words were courteous, even flattering, but a chill settled in Kui Guanzhi's heart, and his thoughts gradually cleared.
"You flatter me."
Beneath me? On the surface, they were praising his cultivation, but beneath that they were delivering a message: he should abandon any thoughts of finding a place among the Surplus intercalary positions and focus solely on attaining the Dao.
They wanted him to dash his head against the "Calamity Qi" fruit position and die!
Still, Kui Guanzhi's expression remained unchanged. He had anticipated this long ago.
They had never concealed their intentions in this matter. They had even been secretly pushing things along over the years. Otherwise, how could the century of warfare below the mountain have proceeded so smoothly?
His Dao attainment had long since been arranged, and he knew perfectly well all the uses they intended to make of it.
But Kui Guanzhi refused to resign himself to it. No one would readily