"Senior, I believe that in life, integrity should always come first."
"Although my relationship with him isn't exactly great, since I agreed to explore this place with him, as long as he doesn't act against me, I naturally can't be unkind to him."
Chu Feng replied.
"I truly didn't expect that at such a young age, you already possess such fine character. Your parents must surely be people of great wisdom and righteousness—otherwise, it would be impossible for them to raise such an outstanding child as you."
After Tao Wu said this, he ceased his secret transmission.
"I wonder, young brother, how should I address you?"
This time, Tao Wu asked Chu Feng openly in front of the Old Cat.
"I am Chu Feng." Chu Feng replied.
"Chu Feng—what a fine name."
After Tao Wu said this, he turned to the Old Cat.
"Call me Tiger—"
The Old Cat was about to introduce himself, but before he could finish, Tao Wu cut in.
"Just call you Old Kitty, then. After all, though you're not very tall, you do look rather old. Calling you Little Kitty would be disrespectful to little kitties." Tao Wu said.
"Tch." The Old Cat rolled his eyes at Tao Wu.
After that, Tao Wu openly chatted with Chu Feng, though it was merely small talk—just friendly pleasantries.
Watching Tao Wu and Chu Feng become so chummy, the Old Cat found it increasingly hard to bear.
"Chu Feng, be careful of that old thing. There's something off about him."
A secret transmission entered Chu Feng's ears—this time from the Old Cat.
"He certainly looks odd enough."
Chu Feng said.
"It's not just his appearance—it's the way he talks."
"He just said he comes from the Pilgrimage Star River, didn't he?"
The Old Cat asked via secret transmission.
"He did. Didn't he say that in his heart, the Seven Worlds Star River is a holy place, and being there is like a pilgrimage? He claimed that was why he misspoke."
Chu Feng said.
"Bullshit—don't listen to that old fool's nonsense."
"Let me tell you—the Seven Worlds Star River was only called that after the Seven Worlds Holy Mansion unified it. Originally, it was called the Third Star River, because at that time, the Seven Worlds Star River's power ranked third."
"But the Seven Worlds Star River once had multiple stone tablets from the ancient era. On those tablets, another name for the Seven Worlds Star River was inscribed—that was very likely the name it went by in ancient times."
"That name was the Pilgrimage Star River."
The Old Cat said.
"Oh, doesn't that mean the Pilgrimage Star River is just another name for the Seven Worlds Star River? What's the problem with that?"
Chu Feng asked deliberately—he had naturally noticed something was amiss.
"Of course there's a problem. These matters are very ancient, and many people in the modern era simply don't know about them."
"Even if they do know, it's merely an ancient-era name. What connection does the ancient era have with the modern cultivation world?"
"Since we are modern cultivators, shouldn't we naturally use modern names for ourselves?" the Old Cat said.
"Are you suggesting that Tao Wu might be a being from the ancient era?" Chu Feng asked.
"That's hard to say. There's no ancient aura about him, but ancient auras can be hidden, you know."
"Even if he truly is a modern cultivator, he's still very strange. Either way, be careful—don't get too close to him, and don't believe anything he says. Always stay on your guard."
The Old Cat said.
"Understood."
Chu Feng replied.
After a stretch of traveling, Chu Feng and the others drew ever closer to that magnificent aura.
The nearer they got, the more they could feel its grandeur.
That aura was so vast it defied imagination. Before it, not to mention ordinary human cultivators like Chu Feng—
Even demon beasts standing a hundred meters tall would be as insignificant as specks of dust. One could only imagine how tremendous that aura was as it soared into the sky, and how enormous its spread must have been.