At these words, Bai Sanli's movements abruptly stalled.
For a moment, he even wondered whether he had misheard.
Yet the robust aura behind him was no illusion, making it clear that he had heard correctly.
Boom—
After Chi Tian spoke, the black rock earth in the sky also ceased its descent, and the entire Place of Hidden Treasures slowly returned to calm.
Bai Sanli did not turn around. He merely watched in silence as the rift before him gradually healed beneath the fierce winds.
"Ah... after all my calculations, I still fell into the trap."
After several breaths, Bai Sanli sighed, then slowly turned toward Chi Tian. "You put on quite the show. I admit my defeat wholeheartedly. It is a pity Yang Lingrui has already left. Otherwise, I would truly have liked to discuss the Dao with him properly."
"I should have realized long ago that since the Young Master had secret weapons like us, unknown to the righteous path, the righteous path naturally had hidden countermeasures of its own."
"Zhao Chengren should not be your real name, should it?"
Chi Tian slowly raised his hand in greeting. "Chi Tian of Lingxiao Dao Academy greets Fellow Daoist Bai."
"So that is it. The Dao Academy was involved as well. Then my fall here was indeed not unjust."
Even with his identity exposed and his life counting down toward death, Bai Sanli showed no trace of panic.
For the instant he realized he had been tricked, he had already activated the sensing method of the Divine Stone.
So long as any Path Enlightenment Realm cultivator approached this place, he would immediately activate a self-destruction art and perish in body and soul here.
To him, whether he lived or died was unimportant. What mattered was that the righteous path could not