Li Yao took a deep breath and tried to hold back his shaking mind. "Crawl out if you can't jump out? That's indeed unheard of! "
"Wang Xi often came up with such bizarre theories," Yan Lianren said.
"For example, he once asked me if I had ever thought about what the world beyond the sky looked like, what the so-called deities' realm looked like, and what was the difference between the deities living in the deities' realm and the mortals like us?
"He also suspected that the theory of breaking the void and ascending to the deities' realm was a scheme. Could the seniors who had 'become deities' really live forever in the deities' realm? If it was true, why didn't the 'deities' return to the Ancient Sages Sector for a visit and teach us the ways of ascension in the past hundred thousand years?
"I remember that the weirdest question he asked was like this. Everybody knew that the so-called 'Ancient Sages Sector' was actually an enormous ball floating in the boundless sea of stars.
"Then, why doesn't the ball fall downward, and where is the 'downward'?
"Also, this ball is constantly rotating. If that's the case, why doesn't the seawater in the sea pour into the sky? Why won't we be thrown out by this ball?"
Li Yao was more and more shocked, and he almost fell off the Alert God Peak. Holding back his astonishment, he nodded and said, "Interesting. Why didn't I think about such bizarre questions before? Brother Yan, how did you answer them?"
"I didn't answer," Yan Lianren said casually.
"I'm not interested in such things," Yan Liren said casually. "Even if deities do exist, I only care about how I feel when I kill them."
Li Yao was amused. "It does make sense. Discussing the mysteries in the boundless universe with Brother Yan is like playing a lute to a cow!"
Yan Liren was not infuriated at all. He admitted frankly, "It's true that I only care about the arts of swordsmanship. In the annual meeting with Wang Xi, we always talk about swordsmanship. Wang Xi is indeed an extraordinary genius in swordsmanship. Or rather, as long as he is serious, he can become a top-tier expert in any field!
"I still remember that when I met Wang Xi for the first time almost ten years ago, he was already a powerful eunuch, but he purposely came to ask me for advice on the mysteries of sword arts.
"I've been devoted to the sword all my life and am not interested in flattery at all. I didn't want to waste my time on him, but my senior brothers begged me, saying that the matter concerned the future development of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, and I had to waste a few days to deal with him!
"But after the test, I found that Wang Xi's Cultivation was immeasurable, and his obsession with swordsmanship was from the bottom of his heart. He was a worthy opponent!
"At that time, in terms of Sword Dao, he was still far from my level."
"However, during the annual meeting, I could feel that he was growing rapidly. In less than five years, he was already worthy of my full attention!
"In the last year, he was even able to enlighten me and tell me not to indulge in the unparalleled power of the three primeval swords!
"It is a man who controls a sword, not a sword that controls a man!
"I remember that Wang Xi said that at that time!
"His words were like a wake-up call to me. I felt that I had just woken up from a dream and reviewed the process of polishing the three primeval swords in the past decades. It was not until then that I realized how absurd and hilarious I was. I was almost lost forever!
"It was not until then that I completed the polishing of the 'fourth sword' and truly reached the perfect state where man and sword become one!"
Li Yao secretly remarked with mixed feelings. According to Yan Liren's explanation, Wang Xi, the Great Eunuch, who was one of the Four Rapscallions, was indeed not a simple person!
Coming from the modern Cultivation civilization, Li Yao naturally knew that the treasures from the relics of the Pangu civilization in the primeval era were not necessarily invincible despite their power!
There were two fatal flaws that could not be changed by the primeval treasures.
Firstly, most of the primeval treasures were not produced for human beings in the beginning. Their original owners might have been of bizarre appearances, such as a human body and a snake tail, or three heads and six arms, or extremely muscular.
Then, the operation of the treasures could very likely be in conflict with the biophysical features of human beings.
It was just like the black sword that Yan Liren was wielding. Not just a dwarf, even a brawny man more than thirty meters tall would not be able to wield it in his hands.
If the treasures were driven by telepathic thoughts, there would be problems such as interference, command delay, and so on. After all, it would not be as smooth as waving the treasures casually.
Secondly, after hundreds of thousands of years, most of the primeval treasures would have various kinds of corrosion and damage. Even if they looked as good as new on the surface, it was inevitable that there would be internal injuries and metal fatigue.
It was the conclusion that the Xing Yao Federation reached after exploring Kunlun for five years.
After searching for five years on Kunlun, they finally managed to find enough components to assemble five Colossi!
Therefore, the older the magical equipment, the better. In the primeval era, there were both divine weapons and garbage.
Li Yao was from a modern Cultivation civilization. It had taken him a long time to overcome his blind admiration for the heritage of the Pangu civilization and realize that the older the magical equipment, the better.
Wang Xi had come up with so many amazing ideas in such a closed environment as the Ancient Sages Sector. He had even recognized the advantages and disadvantages of the primeval treasures clearly.
The eunuch who had once stirred up the entire Great Qian Dynasty on his own was too dreadful!
Who the hell was he? Could he be.
Li Yao calmed himself down and put on an interested look. He asked straightforwardly, "After I stepped into the Great Qian Dynasty for half a year, the name 'Wang Xi' has been echoing in my ears hundreds of times. It is said that he is still one of the 'Four Rapscallions' right now, on par with Han Baling, Wan Mingzhu, and Qi Changsheng! Brother Yan, you have had seven sword competitions with him. You should know a thing or two about him. What kind of person is he exactly in your eyes? Is he really a scoundrel as rumored? "
"I don't know if he is a scoundrel or not, and I'm not interested in finding out."
Yan Liren tilted his head and thought for a moment. With a weird expression, he said, "All in all, if I must say, he is an 'absent-minded' man."
"An absent-minded man?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "What do you mean?"
"He seems to be absent-minded about everything. He does not even fit in with the whole world."
Yan Liren's eyelids were slightly twitching. He gnashed his teeth and said, "Even during the moment when our killing intent collided, I could still see something that I couldn't describe deep inside his eyes. I knew that he was not fully focused on the competition with me!
"I have a feeling that Wang Xi does not belong to the Ancient Sages Sector. At the very least, he does not belong to the Ancient Sages Sector alone. He belongs to a larger, vaster world. Perhaps, it is the so-called 'deities' realm '!"
The last sentence caused Li Yao's expression to change greatly. He sucked in a breath of cold air, and a scream came from his throat.
In order to cover himself, he hurried to ask, "What? Are you suggesting that Wang Xi is on par with Brother Yan even when he is' absent-minded ', and he is only at a disadvantage?"
"Then, if Wang Xi can concentrate all his soul power, spiritual energy, and telepathic thoughts on the sword, won't he be able to surpass you and become the best swordsman in the world?"
"Probably."
Yan Liren shook his head with a smile. "It's a pity that he can never concentrate all his attention on a tiny sword, just like Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture can't do it, either.
"He has his path, you have your path, and I have mine. Every one of us has chosen our own path. Although we will reach the same destination through different paths, we will see different things on our path!"
After a brief silence, Li Yao remarked with mixed feelings, "It sounds like you have a very high opinion of Wang Xi, Brother Yan!"
"It is indeed very high."
Pondering for a moment, Yan Liren said, "Let me put it this way. If I were given a choice right now, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, Qi Zhongdao, and Wang Xi, I would definitely choose to kill Wang Xi without any hesitation!
"That's how high my opinion of Wang Xi is. You don't mind, do you, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture?"
"Not at all. Not at all. Brother Yan, feel free to test your sword with Wang Xi, Qi Zhongdao, Qi Changsheng, Wan Mingzhu, Han Baling, and the others. I'm not in a hurry. Take your time. You can even put me behind the two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators!"
Li Yao took a long breath and rolled his eyes. "Anything is possible in this world. I find it hard to imagine why such a great man as Wang Xi would mutilate himself to be a eunuch in the royal palace. With his intelligence and talent, if he were to change his identity, wouldn't he be outstanding as well? "
Yan Liren smiled and said, "There are a lot of things that you don't have a choice in the beginning and can only feel frustrated for decades. But when you are able to make a choice, when you look back, you will feel that it is not as important anymore. It's like when I chose to be a … dwarf."
"How is that the same?"
Li Yao frowned and said, "Brother Yan, you were born with your body shape. As for being a eunuch in the royal palace, it is — it is —"
"Then, you are wrong."
Weird brilliance was beaming out of Yan Liren's eyes as he said, "I wonder, have you ever heard that there are 'naturally-castrated people' in the world, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture?"
Li Yao was greatly surprised. "Are you implying that Wang Xi is a naturally-castrated person, Brother Yan?"
"It is just a groundless rumor. Who knows if it is true or not?"
Yan Liren said. "It is very difficult for other people to figure out the truth except for themselves."
"It does make sense."
Li Yao smiled bitterly. "Except for the lunatics who do not care about their own lives, I'm afraid that nobody has the courage to ask Wang Xi right in front of his face. Hey, I'm told that you are a naturally-castrated person. Is it true?"
"Not exactly."
Yan Liren scratched his nose and said, as if it were not a big deal, "I once asked him the same question to his face. I even thought of cutting his pants apart to see what was going on …" 8
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