Li An showed a curious expression and asked, "Senior, are those cultivators guarding the bronze ancient lamp from my mountain as well?"
"Of course."
The old man said, "They are people who were recognized and chosen after entering the Deceit Realm, hence they can serve the Divine Lamp."
"Chosen?" Li An was even more puzzled.
The old man was patient: "Cultivators who enter the Deceit Realm, if they have some mysterious connection with it, will be marked. The roots of the deities along the celestial path will implant slight tendrils into their Primordial Spirit. When the unnamable erupts, they will not perish but continue to live in a special form..."
Such an inside story... Li An only now became aware.
Moreover, from the old man's words, these should be common knowledge among True Disciples, yet Li An was never taught about them and only focused on cultivating the Demon Skill.
It seems Leng Rufeng truly only saw him as a tool to use, never teaching him any of this.
