"What is this?!"
Bai Yi gazed quietly at the scene before him, unable to contain his amazement. No one had imagined that such a treasure ground lay hidden in the deepest reaches of the Sea Tide Grotto-Heaven.
Beneath those droplets where streams of light converged,
a wooden table and a meditation cushion rested quietly upon the swaying lotus leaves, as though everything were perfectly natural.
On the wooden tabletop, jade talismans resembling bamboo slips lay in an artful arrangement.
Each jade talisman exuded the most natural and fundamental true resonance of the Great Dao.
Aooo~
A sudden dragon's cry came from the Sea Jiao Hall True Disciple token at Bai Yi's waist.
The token trembled, and an illusory Jiaolong Remnant Soul slowly flew out of it, drifting leisurely over to Bai Yi.
Its eyes opened. Nourished by this world, the confusion and emptiness within them gradually faded, replaced by a glimmer of recollection and clarity.
"It seems the contingency the True Lord left behind back then has been activated after all."
After regaining its senses, the palm-sized Jiaolong Remnant Soul briefly surveyed the surrounding world and muttered a few dissatisfied words before its gaze landed squarely on Bai Yi.
Sensing the aura of True Lord Xuanbo Guangji's Great Dao Lotus, the Jiaolong Remnant Soul could not help circling Bai Yi once before speaking.
"It seems you're the branch hall True Disciple who awakened the True Lord's final lingering thought."
"Nascent Soul Perfection. Your reserves of origin power are passable, and you seem to be cultivating two other Dao Paths as well.
"Your aura is razor-sharp, with a whiff of those damned sword cultivators about it.
"Your life soul has seen sixty-seven years. Barely acceptable, I suppose."
The Jiaolong Remnant Soul circled Bai Yi again and again, its eyes as precise