"Could it draw auspicious clouds?"
Xuan Du muttered the words over and over. Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
"Could he be the reincarnation of Senior Hong Yun?"
"I'd say there's an eighty or ninety percent chance. It depends on whether Senior Zhen Yuanzi comes. If he does, then there's no doubt."
He would not overlook the deep bond between those two.
Seeing Liu Mang's certain expression, Xuan Du could not help asking, "But didn't Senior Hong Yun perish when the Heavenly Pillar of Buzhou Mountain collapsed?"
As if he had expected Xuan Du to ask this, Liu Mang carefully leaned closer and lowered his voice.
"That's exactly why you should take Senior Hong Yun's reincarnation as your disciple. Think about it—someone who could reincarnate even when Buzhou Mountain collapsed must possess secrets and opportunities we know nothing about. Wouldn't keeping him within the Human Race give us a powerful ally?!"
Zhen Yuanzi had long since told Liu Mang about Hong Yun's reincarnation.
Liu Mang simply did not know when Hong Yun would reincarnate. Even if Zhen Yuanzi did not come, Liu Mang would still follow the principle of preferring to mistake one rather than miss one, and have Xuan Du take him as a disciple.
At first, Xuan Du thought Liu Mang's words made sense. But the more he considered them, the more something felt off—especially Liu Mang's shifty gaze. He only looked like that when he was feeling guilty.
Still, Xuan Du quickly realized Liu Mang's true purpose in having him accept a disciple.
"Second Brother, you still don't trust me."
Having him take a disciple would not only tie Hong Yun to the Human Race's chariot, but also keep Xuan Du here.
Given that Hong Yun had opened the immortal path for the Human Race the moment he