An hour later.
Aboard the Pearl Relic House Master's Immortal Boat.
Standing at the bow, Xu Taiping glanced down at the Old Dragon Court below, then turned to the Pearl Relic House Master beside him and asked:
"Senior Pearl Relic, if that White Bodhi really is chopped down, will that mean the entrance to the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven is sealed off for good?"
The Pearl Relic House Master nodded, his face heavy with worry.
"Ever since the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven's Outer Grotto-Heaven shattered, that White Bodhi has been the only entrance we know of into its Inner Grotto-Heaven."
Cloud Crane True Lord also stepped forward then and said:
"Among the thirty-two Spirit Pearl Secret Realms of the Withered Stone Sea, the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven is one of the very few with both an outer and an inner grotto-heaven."
"If that expert hadn't offered us guidance back then, we wouldn't even have found the entrance at the bodhi tree."
Somewhat curious, Xu Taiping asked Cloud Crane True Lord:
"Senior Cloud Crane, just who is this expert you and Senior Pearl Relic so often mention?"
At this, Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master exchanged a glance.
Only after seeing the Pearl Relic House Master nod did Cloud Crane True Lord explain:
"No one knows this expert's exact identity at present. The few encounters we've had with him can be counted on one hand, and all of them took place in dreams."
Xu Taiping said in some surprise:
"Dreams?"
The Pearl Relic House Master nodded.
"Yes. Cloud Crane, Lou Shiyi, and I have only ever met him in dreams."
Cloud Crane True Lord added:
"But the dreams in which we met this expert were always extremely real. Rather than dreams, they felt more like actual memories we had mistaken