Drunken Floating Life could not appear and take the thing too abruptly. There needed to be a process.
Jiang Man thought for a moment, then asked whether the thing would reveal itself once the Seven Extremes Seal was undone.
Ting Fengyin considered it and gave an uncertain answer.
It most likely would.
"Most likely?" Jiang Man asked.
"You expect me to probe straight through and investigate?" Ting Fengyin said regretfully. "I would like to, but there are some side effects."
"All right." Jiang Man raised a hand. "Senior, you had better not investigate."
Who knew what those side effects were? If he might end up dying, the losses would outweigh the gains.
Jiang Man calculated that there was still plenty of time.
Then he began asking some questions about cultivation.
For instance, the Dao after True Immortal.
"The Dao?" Ting Fengyin thought for a moment. "The Dao cannot be explained in ordinary words. There are currently two prevalent paths.
"The first is to pursue the traces between heaven and earth, merge into them, and keep cultivating to the utmost until you replace them.
"Then the Great Dao can be attained.
"This is the method perfected by the Immortal Court.
"It is also the path the current Evil Gods follow.
"The second takes oneself as the foundation, comprehending the Great Dao from heaven and earth, using that comprehension as nourishment to plant a seed within the body, and waiting for it to flower and bear fruit.
"This is the path the Immortal Gate currently follows.
"The advantage of the former is that the future is visible. By merging with heaven and earth and existing alongside the Great Dao, it is easier to live as long as heaven and earth, enduring and difficult to destroy.
"The advantage of the latter is that