But on second thought, it was hardly surprising. Elder Liu and the others had entered the Star-Seizing Tower within the past few centuries too. Given Bai Daozi's character, he had surely run his mouth and provoked Elder Liu and Zhang Qingshan...
He had recognized Ye Han not only because both men belonged to the ancient human race, but also because they practiced cultivation techniques from the same sect...
After all, Ye Han had just used the Azure Profound Sect's Qing Xuan Sword Formation. With a spirit transformation stage cultivator's keen perception, if Elder Liu had also used the Azure Profound Sect's divine abilities and cultivation techniques back then, Bai Daozi would surely have recognized that Ye Han and Elder Liu belonged to the same sect.
So Ye Han followed Bai Daozi's lead and asked, "You know my martial uncle? What happened when they came here? And how did they get inside?"
At this, a trace of embarrassment crossed Bai Daozi's face. "I tried to dissuade Fellow Daoist Liu back then too, but they wouldn't listen. They went in just like you intend to. It's been several hundred years now, and there's still been no word or movement from the Star-Seizing Tower. Perhaps, like the other fellow Daoists, they're trapped inside and can't get out."
But at this point, Bai Daozi seemed to make up his mind. "Fellow Daoist Ye, since you have enough Starry Sky Stones, you must have passed the Lesser Star Palace Temple's trial and become a Star Palace Disciple, correct? I know quite a lot about the Central Star Palace Temple and the Star-Seizing Tower. Why not take me along?"
Before Ye Han could answer, the member of the immortal-thief outsider race said coldly, "Didn't you say entering the Star-Seizing Tower was just throwing our lives away,