"Don't worry. That fish isn't you."
Above the basket, the enormous face beyond the "long bridge" turned toward him. A trace of tension still lingered on it, but she lowered her voice and spoke softly.
Blood Sea Old Mother Li Yuehua, who had once held sway over Zhongsheng Continent, truly seemed like an utterly lowly maidservant now.
Wang Ba wanted to ask her questions, but in his current state, it was as though he had no mouth. He could not utter a word, and did not even know exactly what state he was in.
But after Li Yuehua said this, her enormous face swiftly receded.
Wang Ba guessed that she had set down the Bamboo Basket, but shock and doubt filled his heart:
Where exactly is this? Why is Master's Wife here? And why has she become a maidservant... who could make a Void Refinement cultivator serve as a maid?
Even a Mahayana cultivator like Gai True Person had never treated a Void Refinement cultivator with such contempt and degradation.
He soon recalled more:
Right, there was also that master they mentioned, a banquet... True Spirit fish... she also just said my cultivation realm wasn't low when I was alive... does that mean this is the world of the dead?
The Netherworld? The realm of shades?
Countless thoughts tangled in Wang Ba's heart, and doubts sprang up everywhere.
His questions concerned both where this place actually was and the identity, realm, and cultivation of Master's Wife's master...
"Remember, don't wander off... oh, and when someone comes later, you absolutely mustn't move your eyes around. Make sure you remember!"
Li Yuehua's instructions drifted faintly down from above.
Wang Ba was slightly taken aback, not quite understanding what she meant.
But in the very next instant, he understood.
Splash-
Countless streams of