Chapter 1333 - 1319: The Truth

In this situation.

The other Cultivators clearly had no choice at all.

They knew very well that if they didn’t cooperate, the outcome would definitely be death, with no other possibility.

Very soon.

Baiyu went and spoke with them one by one.

Of course, among them there were plenty who weren’t very cooperative, but after Baiyu briefly laid out the pros and cons, they quickly expressed their agreement.

Naturally.

These people soon understood their situation.

"Celestial Sword Mountain has a heritage of seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-five years. In that case, does your Sect still have any Patriarchs in the Ascension Realm?"

Baiyu asked the Elder from Celestial Sword Mountain.

The other party nodded, his voice filled with fear: "You’d best not—you’d best not set your sights on Celestial Sword Mountain. Within the Sect we not only have an Ancestor in the Ascension Realm, we also have a Mountain Guardian Beast. I don’t know exactly how strong that Mountain Guardian Beast is, but it’s definitely stronger than a normal Cultivator in the Enlightenment Realm.

Moreover.

Within Celestial Sword Mountain.

There’s more than one Supreme Elder."

If what this Elder of Celestial Sword Mountain said was true, then Celestial Sword Mountain’s strength might be even more terrifying than Star Shining Sect.

After all.

Star Shining Sect’s foundation should be far inferior to Celestial Sword Mountain’s.

It’s just that.

Star Shining Sect happened to produce an expert in the Ascension Realm, and not even that many years ago, whereas Celestial Sword Mountain hadn’t produced someone of such a terrifying Realm for a very long time.

So.

Only then did Celestial Sword Mountain and Star Shining Sect mend their relationship; the two factions had been getting particularly close recently.

Because Taiyi Sword Sect is powerful. Whether in the past or now, it is the leader of the Righteous Dao, with a deep foundation, and it even has connections with the Upper Realm.

"You’re saying Taiyi Sword Sect still has a channel to communicate with the Upper Realm, even now?"

Baiyu raised an eyebrow.

After discussing with the Sword Monarch, Baiyu could almost be sure that this world was very likely fake, merely a world condensed by the Divine Spirits of the Profound Origin Realm. The ’Upper Realm’ in their mouths was very likely nothing at all, or perhaps just the Giant White Bone Ship.

However.

If Taiyi Sword Sect really could communicate with the Upper Realm, then what exactly was the Upper Realm?

Baiyu furrowed his brows.

As for this group of people, he had long since decided how to deal with them.

He mobilized Tai Mai Divine Power.

Baiyu directly condensed dozens of green light dots. These were Tai Mai Tree Species. Of course, the Effect wasn’t to grow some trees, but to plant the seeds into people.

Once planted.

The one parasitized by the Tree Species would be controlled by the Caster. Anything the Caster didn’t want them to say, they would absolutely be unable to say. Simply put, it was an enhanced version of mind manipulation, leaving one unable to resist—unless they found someone on the level of the Tai Mai Ancient Tree to help them break it.

Of course.

By the time these people found such a powerful being, Baiyu could, with a single thought, directly kill that person.

So.

They basically had no way to resist.

This was also why Baiyu dared to let these people go.

However, Baiyu didn’t let everyone leave. These people obviously couldn’t all walk out of the Sword Monarch’s tomb alive, but some people walking out alive was perfectly normal.

Baiyu carefully picked and chose.

In the end he selected half of them, letting them go back to their own Sects. Baiyu even implanted a segment of false memory into them on purpose, so that when they returned to their Sects and were subjected to interrogation, nothing abnormal would show.

Once any abnormality was discovered.

All the various backhands Baiyu had set up would be triggered.

After finishing all this.

Baiyu’s Spirit returned to his body. Looking at the situation around the bamboo hut, he let out a small sigh of relief.

At this moment.

He suddenly sensed someone approaching.

And of those who could move around here, apart from those few high-status figures from Star Shining Sect, no one else could.

Gai Tianhan.

Baiyu opened the door of the bamboo hut, only to find it was Gai Tianhan.

He wasn’t Baiyu’s master; there was only a shallow relationship between them. Yet the very first time they met, Gai Tianhan had used Spiritual Control on him. That was extremely strange.

"Sit."

Gai Tianhan didn’t put on any airs; instead he cordially invited Baiyu over to the stone table in the nearby bamboo grove. The two of them sat facing each other. With a wave of Gai Tianhan’s hand, two pots of wine and several plates of prepared side dishes appeared on the table.

Baiyu was slightly surprised.

He hadn’t expected Gai Tianhan to actually eat these things. That clearly didn’t quite fit common sense.

Cultivators.

Generally don’t eat such impure things.

"You find it strange, don’t you? That I eat these things?" Gai Tianhan smiled slightly and said in a low voice, "Have you never doubted this world?"

Baiyu’s heart trembled.

Just what was this Gai Tianhan?

"What exactly did you discover in the Sword Monarch’s ruins?" At this moment, Gai Tianhan said in a deep voice, "The Sword Monarch was a smart man. I’ve never met him, but that guy was extremely intelligent. From the traces he left behind, and from the records of the various Major Sects, it’s clear that back then he had already reached the Ascension Realm.

However.

He fell from the Ascension Realm.

In his era, there were almost none who could match him. It’s impossible he dropped his Realm due to injury.

Therefore.

His Realm could only have been lowered by himself.

I want to know what the Sword Monarch discovered in the Ascension Realm, foreigner."

Hearing the last three words.

Baiyu’s brows knitted together. Although he had already suspected that there was something different about Gai Tianhan, he hadn’t expected this guy to instantly figure out his identity.

Where did he slip up...

"An Inner Sect Disciple of Star Shining Sect, even if he received the Sword Monarch’s inheritance, could not possibly resist my Spiritual Control. You must be very curious how I know these things, right?

Because.

I’ve killed a foreigner before—one of the evil devils from beyond the heavens.

And from him, I obtained a lot of information, including about you outsiders from beyond the heavens. That’s quite normal, isn’t it?"

Natural power flowed off of Gai Tianhan’s body.

The surrounding bamboo grove began to stir, forming wall after wall, sealing off all routes of retreat.

Gai Tianhan looked at Baiyu coldly. "Let’s have a good talk. Otherwise, you won’t be able to walk out of here. I bear you no malice. I only want to know the truth of this world."

Baiyu frowned, unmoved by the bamboo forest around them.

He said in a low voice, "What truth do you want to know?"

"About this world. Right now, I’ve already reached the Peak of Enlightenment. I could step into the Ascension Realm at any time, even the Feather Transformation Realm.

When I was a child.

I was a genius—my master, my parents, my senior and junior brothers, they all said so.

But the deeper my cultivation grew.

The more I felt this world was fake. I don’t know what kind of person could construct such an Illusion Realm, so I began to doubt myself. I wondered if I was the one who had it wrong."