Tantai Xue was now filled with curiosity about that figure.
Just what sort of person was he? His appearance alone had brought everything to an end.
Not only that, even the senior hiding inside her had fallen silent.
For a full two or three months.
She had never seen this senior so quiet.
It was probably to evade that person's scrutiny.
Yet even after she asked, he still failed to respond.
Tantai Xue was in no hurry, and simply waited quietly.
Only after a long silence did Tantai Xiaotian speak. "I can't answer you. You'd best not keep thinking about this, either."
Tantai Xue even faltered in her sword flight. "Why?" she asked in surprise.
After a pause, she continued, "Then can I ask someone else?"
"Those who know him won't answer your questions," Tantai Xiaotian said.
After a pause, he explained, "When you speak his name, he could appear beside you at any moment. Besides, you might not even be able to say his name.
"But you've seen his figure. Even thinking about him too often could let him sense you.
"If I leaked any more of my aura, he could appear directly."
Tantai Xue's pupils contracted. "He's that terrifying?"
"Does someone of that level really exist?" Tantai Xue paused. "Is he on the List too?"
"He isn't on the List," Tantai Xiaotian said calmly. "He's above the List."
Tantai Xue glanced around, not daring to ask any more.
This world was growing more and more unfamiliar.
But he felt that Drunken Floating Life must know something.
Yet even if that person was willing to tell her, she wouldn't dare listen.
After all, people needed a heart that knew reverence.
When one's cultivation was insufficient, learning something one shouldn't know could mean receiving deadly news.
"But I saw him.