Nan Chaoyu felt slightly relieved when she saw that the man didn't attack her despite her rudeness. She took a good look at the man in front of her.
At first sight, she was a bit surprised to see the horns on the man's head.
Noticing her gaze on his horns, the man reached up and touched them, then tempted her, "Little girl, never seen them before, have you?"
Nan Chaoyu nodded honestly. She really had never seen anyone with horns on their head.
"I knew that this desolate continent could never have such a high - level being," the man said, his words reeking of superiority, which instantly made Nan Chaoyu retract the little good impression she had of him, and her face turned cold.
"Since you hold yourself in such high esteem, sir, why are you trapped in this small space, trying to get on good terms with a little girl like me?"
Nan Chaoyu wasn't stupid. If this man was waiting for someone here, he must be trying to rely on others to get out.
If he needed help, he should act like someone asking for help.
"Hehe! Is the little girl angry?"
The man knew what Nan Chaoyu was thinking when he saw her expression. He wasn't annoyed. Instead, he chuckled, "Little girl, are you unconvinced?"
Nan Chaoyu didn't say a word, but her expression said it all.
"But the fact is just like this. I claim to be a high - level being because my race was born at the beginning of the world. We survived the great prehistoric catastrophe and managed to pass on to this day. Even in our world, the strong rule. It's not like this world, where spiritual energy is scarce, humans have no natural enemies, and they are extremely weak. Am I wrong?"
Nan Chaoyu fell silent. She wanted to refute, but didn't know how.
But she would never admit his superiority!
The superiority of a race wasn't real superiority!
"Just as you said, you think your race is noble, but aren't there any good - for - nothing degenerates in your race who are lazy and do nothing? Among humans, there are also those who are unyielding and reach the pinnacle of cultivation. All living beings are equal at birth. The nobility you talk about is just superiority in evolution."
Saying this, a determined light flashed in Nan Chaoyu's eyes. She said with unwavering certainty, "One day, I will cultivate to a higher realm than your race. I'll show you so - called high - level beings who the truly noble being is!"
The man looked at the disheveled and weak - breathing little girl with bright eyes. A strange look flashed in his eyes.
He didn't refute her but nodded in satisfaction instead. "It's rare for a little girl like you to have such insights. But aren't you curious about my identity?"
"What's the use of being curious? My cultivation has been mostly destroyed. I'm no match for you, and I can't force you to say anything."
Nan Chaoyu felt a bit frustrated!
On Snow God Mountain, she was the most talented disciple and the next heir of the Nan family.
She was a real favored child of heaven. What was the eldest princess of the Holy Light Empire? She was nothing in front of Snow God Mountain.
After her rebirth, relying on her past position at the top of the food chain on this continent, she didn't take anything seriously.
She could even act unscrupulously in a pirate den and thought there was nowhere on this continent she couldn't go.
But now she realized that the wonders of this world were far beyond what she had seen.
"Little girl," the man interrupted Nan Chaoyu's train of thought.
She looked up, a bit confused.
The man coughed lightly, then suddenly lifted his robe and sat down on the ground. Instead of continuing to talk, he sized Nan Chaoyu up and down, then nodded. "Although your strength is not great, you're quite interesting."
Nan Chaoyu's eyes flashed. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "What did you see, senior?"
"The soul in this body of yours doesn't match it. Your strength has regressed, and it will be difficult for you to reach the great path no matter how much you cultivate in the future."
Nan Chaoyu's eyebrows twitched. She subconsciously retorted, "Impossible. The secret technique of the Nan family has never failed. This body was refined for me by my mother. I've never heard of such a thing."
"The Dragon race co - exists with heaven and earth and has a natural sensitivity to all living beings. Why would I lie to you?" The man glanced at Nan Chaoyu and said irritably, "The method of using a physical body to accommodate a soul is something that defies fate. Even on my continent, it's not allowed. It's already good that you can live and cultivate. Don't ask for too much."
The words were said lightly, but to Nan Chaoyu, they were like a thunderbolt.
This man was now telling her that she would have a hard time reaching the great path in this lifetime. Didn't that make her previous lofty ambitions a joke!
The man could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her face.
But thinking about his current situation, he coughed lightly. When Nan Chaoyu looked over, he said slowly, "But since you've met me, it's your good fortune. I'll give you a method that can clear your ailments and temper this body to be as good as your original one!"
Nan Chaoyu had been greatly hit, but unexpectedly, there was still a glimmer of hope. Her eyes instantly lit up.
The man nodded in satisfaction. Just as he was waiting for Nan Chaoyu to plead with him, he saw a look of caution appear on the girl's face.
"There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. First, tell me what the cost is!"
"..." The man gave Nan Chaoyu a mournful look. Was it so hard to deceive girls on this continent?
But he still said, "It's very simple for you. Just take me out, find the cracked space - time rift, and send me back to my own continent."
Hearing this, Nan Chaoyu became even more cautious. "If you're so powerful, why are you trapped here? Or do you have some ulterior motive for getting out?"
In an instant, she imagined a lot. She even suspected that he was a spy sent from another continent.
The man saw the expression on her face and knew that the girl must be thinking bad things about him!
He said with a bit of a headache, "Miss, this is a long story."
"Take your time. I'm not in a hurry."
Although the man didn't want to talk about such a shameful thing, looking at Nan Chaoyu's expression, he knew that if he didn't say it, the girl definitely wouldn't agree.
"You know that this secret realm was created by the spiritual energy of a great - power person here to store treasures," the man sighed and said slowly, "Actually, he used up all his cultivation to create this secret realm just to trap me."
"Back then, this person was at the peak of a ninth - level spiritualist. He was just waiting to find the space - time rift and enter my continent to become a saint.
"Unfortunately, he was unlucky. At the moment he entered, he bumped into a wisp of my clone, which triggered a space - time storm. As a result, he was severely injured. This wisp of my clone was also injured by the space - time force and was swept to this continent with that person.
"On this continent, there is a level suppression. The ninth - level spiritualist is the most powerful existence. This wisp of my clone was imprisoned by him. When he was on the verge of death, he even suppressed me in the eye of this secret realm."