Faced with Gan Xiong's invitation, Wang Ba felt a slight hesitation.
When entering another world, unless one possessed capabilities far beyond that world, one would be trapped within it and find escape difficult if its World Lord harbored ill intentions.
This was also why, when he had met Gan Xiong before, he had chosen the void beyond the boundary rather than the interior of the Sacred Defilement Realm.
Both sides had tacitly understood this.
Yet the sincerity he sensed in Gan Xiong's invitation, together with the goodwill the man had repeatedly shown for no apparent reason, left Wang Ba with a rare trace of indecision.
At the same time, his doubts deepened.
Gan Xiong could not possibly have met Yu Yu before, yet for some reason, he regarded her differently.
Could it be...
A figure abruptly surfaced in Wang Ba's mind.
Could it be Chonghua?
Had Chonghua come here?
Yet after a little thought, Wang Ba felt that this explanation hardly made sense.
If Chonghua truly knew Gan Xiong and had told him where they came from, Gan Xiong could simply have said so back at the Great Sea Market. That would have been a better way to ensure that Wang Ba and the others went to the Sacred Defilement Realm.
So, if it wasn't Chonghua, it could only be Immortal Blood.
At this thought, Wang Ba pondered briefly, then looked at Gan Xiong's expectant gaze and said seriously:
"It's not that I'm unwilling to trust you, fellow Daoist. I'm simply rather curious myself. Why do you value that junior disciple of mine so highly?"
"If you can tell me, a trip inside the Sacred Defilement Realm would be no great matter."
Hearing this, Gan Xiong slapped his forehead again and said sheepishly:
"This old man was being muddleheaded..."
Then