Wang Shi looked at Hongjun in surprise. He had to admit that the fellow had truly broken from his usual ways and become someone different.
Looking at his explosively muscular body, Wang Shi could see the savage power contained within it.
That power had not come from cultivation bolstered by spiritual energy, but from the slow accumulation of daily training.
There was just one thing that puzzled Wang Shi greatly.
"I shouldn't have been away from the Primordial World for very long. Why have you changed so much in such a short time?"
"What exactly happened?"
"You really are different from before."
Logically speaking, under normal circumstances, Dao Ancestor Hongjun could not possibly have changed so drastically.
Yet he had indeed changed enormously, and that was what puzzled Wang Shi most.
At that moment, Hongjun burst into laughter.
"Do you know why I trust the system? Because he really gave me what I wanted."
"When I needed time, he created time for me. When I needed power, he guided me toward greater power."
"Whatever I want, they can give it to me."
"I want to become an existence above the Great Dao, and they can make that happen too."
Wang Shi looked at the thoroughly brainwashed Hongjun. He knew that whatever he said, this fellow would never believe him.
"Hmph, and then? Has he given you what you wanted?"
"Can you guarantee these fellows won't change their minds later? Will they really honor everything they're saying now?"
"Hongjun, oh, Hongjun, you underestimate human nature."
Dao Ancestor Hongjun froze for a moment.
"Haha, I knew you'd say that. Unfortunately, you underestimate the system. He already predicted you'd do this, and sure enough, you actually said those very words."
He stood there laughing heartily, his heart filled with delight.
For so many