The disheveled old Daoist's words shocked Gu Chen.
He said in a deep voice, "Old sir, what do you mean?"
"You should know perfectly well what I mean," the old Daoist said with a faint smile. "Perhaps my strength is inferior to yours, but you are currently inferior to mine. However, I only know that you come from another Great Thousand World, yet you exist in this Great Thousand World, so I am puzzled. You should answer my questions."
"Hiss--"
These words made Gu Chen gasp in shock!
Gu Chen could assure him that he did not know this person at all and had never seen him before. How did he know that?
Seeing the shock on Gu Chen's face, the disheveled old Daoist chuckled and said, "Qiankun means the universe, all the heavens and myriad worlds. The name of this Small Thousand World is quite interesting. What do you think, young friend?"
Gu Chen was startled again. He bowed respectfully and said, "Please enlighten me, sir."
Even though Gu Chen was Divine Emperor, there were too many things he couldn't explain in his previous life. He deeply understood the saying "Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me." Back then, even a casual remark from a chess prodigy on the street could give him a moment of enlightenment. There are countless principles, it's just a matter of whether they suit him or not.
The higher one's status and level of attainment, the more humble one naturally becomes.
Therefore, after witnessing the disheveled old Daoist's strange and mysterious nature, Gu Chen did not slack off.
"You don't even have a question, how can I answer it?" The old Daoist chuckled, his brows furrowed with mystery, and said, "If you want to ask about the troubles in your heart, then I cannot answer you either. As for whether the person you are looking for is here, I do not know either."
Gu Chen's heart skipped a beat again.
The person he had just been thinking of was his master, Luo Yunxi, but before he could even ask, this old Daoist already knew?!
"Sir, you just said I'm facing a great calamity." Gu Chen paused for a moment, then asked, "What kind of calamity?"
"If calamities could be described, would they still be called calamities?" The slovenly old Daoist laughed and said, "I can only tell you that the place you went to is where the calamity begins. If you're not careful, you'll lose your life."
"The Land of Heaven and Earth?" Gu Chen's pupils shrank. After this seclusion, he was going to the Shangjing to seek revenge on the Gu Family. He was confident that he would succeed in this trip, but according to the slovenly old Daoist, this calamity was almost a matter of life and death for him!
Gu Chen was somewhat unconvinced and said in a deep voice, "Sir, I'm not boasting, but with my current cultivation level, not to mention the mortal world, even in this Great Thousand World, there are few rivals. How could they threaten my life!"
"Heh heh," the slovenly old Daoist said, "Young friend, if you're so arrogant, why are you even asking me? I'm leaving."
After saying this, the disheveled old Daoist actually stood up. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt to begin with, and now he felt even more relaxed. Carrying his wine gourd, he walked out of the luxurious cabin on his own.
Gu Chen was shocked and quickly chased after him, saying, "Sir, wait..."
However, after opening the curtain and entering the economy class, he couldn't find the old Daoist priest anywhere; it was as if he had vanished into thin air. Gu Chen's heart raced, and he immediately began searching the plane, but to no avail. He even asked the flight attendants and stewards, but they couldn't find the old Daoist priest either!
From the Gu Chen unbuckled his seatbelt to the moment he chased after him, only a few seconds had passed, and the old Daoist priest had vanished into thin air?
This was the first time Gu Chen had encountered such a bizarre situation. He forced himself to calm down and then released his Divine Sense to search the entire plane.
"Don't use your Divine Sense."
Suddenly, a voice rang in his ears.
Gu Chen's body trembled. It was the voice of that disheveled old Daoist priest, but he looked around and couldn't find the old Daoist priest anywhere. He didn't even know where the voice was coming from!
"Using Divine Sense will affect the flight path of the aircraft and radar detection. I don't think you want so many people to get into trouble because of your use of Divine Sense at such a high altitude, right?" The slovenly old Daoist priest didn't care about Gu Chen's shock at all and continued, "Young friend, since you're still looking for me, let me give you another reminder. There is someone who can help you through your tribulation; his name is Li Mu."
As he spoke the last few words, the old Daoist's voice grew softer and softer until it was barely audible and completely lost.
At this moment, Gu Chen stood rooted to the spot, his vest already soaked with sweat, his palms drenched in cold sweat. This was the first time he had felt such helplessness since returning from the time reversal!
A disheveled, mysterious, and terrifying old Daoist priest!
Even with Gu Chen's experience, he couldn't see through this person's strength just now!
Only someone whose cultivation level far surpasses his would act this way!
Could it be that this person has already surpassed the Grandmaster Realm and reached the highest level of the Innate Stage in this world?!
Given his abilities, killing him would have been incredibly easy if he had wanted to!
He even knew that Gu Chen possessed Divine Sense, which was his greatest trump card, setting him apart from other martial artists!
Who exactly is this person?
Gu Chen walked back to the luxury cabin in a daze, giving up on looking for the disheveled old Daoist. He knew that with that person's strength, he would have no chance of finding him unless the old man showed up on his own.
"Li Mu..." Gu Chen frowned, silently repeating the name. It felt so familiar. It wasn't until he was about to get off the plane that Gu Chen suddenly remembered where he had heard the name before!
That martial artist who knows magic!
The middle-aged man he encountered on the street late at night after he was preparing to take Zhao Mo'er as his apprentice!
The middle-aged man was named Li Mu. At that time, there was another hidden person behind Li Mu. It was because of that person's existence that Gu Chen did not dare to act rashly. So after making him slap himself, Gu Chen chose to leave!
"Can he help me overcome this tribulation?"
Gu Chen felt a little irritated when he thought of this person.
With his knowledge and experience, he thought he could completely dominate this world, but the appearance of the old Daoist priest made him fall into doubt.
In fact, Gu Chen had always known the worldview the old Daoist priest spoke of; given his status in his previous life, there were very few things he didn't know.
Could it be that the so-called Great Thousand World Small Thousand World are all interconnected?
Heavenly Nether Star is not a planet, but the name of a world?
Back then, her master could travel between Earth and Heavenly Nether Star, but after he reached the level of his master, he could not travel between them. Even after he consulted many ancient books, he could not find a way, unless he could find a teleportation array that connects the two worlds.
But after searching, he still found nothing.
That's why he reached the Divine Emperor and chose to reverse time and space during his ascension!
Back to Earth!
whoosh--
With doubts arising in his mind, Gu Chen could not suppress his inner turmoil. After the plane arrived at Shangjing Airport, he went straight to the airport exit and then used his Divine Sense to examine one departing passenger after another.
Now, he has many questions in his mind that no one can answer, and his mind is in complete chaos. He has to wait for the slovenly old Daoist priest to come out!
If he boarded the plane through the normal procedures, he would have exited through this exit in the airport!
But even after the last group of passengers left, Gu Chen still couldn't see the old Daoist priest. Given his attire, he would have been conspicuous in the crowd even without using his Divine Sense, yet he still found nothing.
Although this result was within Gu Chen's expectations, he still couldn't help but feel a deep sense of disappointment.
Finally, after waiting for another ten minutes or so, he turned and walked out of the airport.
After Gu Chen left, on one of the planes on the tarmac, the old Daoist priest sat calmly on one of the wings, carrying a wine gourd. He drank as he watched Gu Chen depart, finally shaking his head and saying, "Young friend, no matter how glorious you were before, you've now succumbed to youthful arrogance and lack of composure. If you had waited a little longer, I might have met you again..."
Perhaps even he found the remark amusing, and couldn't help but grin again, revealing his yellow teeth. He swayed as he drank from his gourd, which was as light as a falling leaf, and jumped off the wing.