Su Jiu's words had apparently dealt Yun Huanling quite a shock. He crouched on the ground, unable to collect himself for a long time.
Yun Huanling might not have been particularly shrewd, but he was no true fool either.
Star maps he had once been unable to decipher began turning over in his mind.
After a long while, he could not help laughing. He felt that his former self really had been a fool. All that talk of chaotic celestial phenomena-thinking it through, wasn't it simply the result of the Heavenly Dao's laws constantly changing...?
"So the fact that a day now lasts eighteen double-hours is also because the Heavenly Dao's laws made it that way?"
A smile suddenly appeared in Su Jiu's slightly lowered eyes. "Perhaps. But don't you think this world now feels as though it's being pulled in opposite directions?"
Yun Huanling turned back. "What do you mean, pulled in opposite directions?"
"As though two inexplicable forces we can't sense are struggling against each other. Perhaps once one side wins, the celestial phenomena will stop being chaotic."
Yun Huanling suddenly felt that, at this moment, Su Jiu seemed more like a fortune-telling charlatan than he did.
Yet somehow, she was also more convincing.
Yun Huanling drew a deep breath, feeling as though he had learned something extraordinary. He lowered his head in thought, then looked up again and asked Su Jiu, "May I tell the seniors of the Heavenly Secret Sect about these guesses of yours?"
Su Jiu gave him a look that was almost a smile. "You've certainly accepted this quickly.
"But are you sure those old fellows in your sect who have lived for over a thousand years can accept it just as readily?
"Not to criticize you, but you don't usually come across as