A feeling of danger?
Was this Hua Yisan's intuition, or was there another basis for her judgment?
In any case, when she saw the young man before her, every nerve in her body tensed slightly.
It seemed to be an instinctive reaction.
"Senior is joking!"
Ye Ming simply smiled faintly at her words.
Since he was not using his true appearance, Hua Yisan naturally could not recognize his true identity.
"Then perhaps it was my imagination!"
Hua Yisan's beautiful eyes swept over him, and after a moment, she withdrew her gaze.
She was also a little puzzled. Why did this young man before her give her a sense of danger?
Could it really be her imagination?
At this moment, Ye Ming subtly gave Xu Zhan a look. The latter immediately understood his intention and then spoke, "Fellow Daoist, there is something this old man is very curious about. I wonder if you could enlighten me?"
"Hm?"
Hearing this, Hua Yisan's delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she said indifferently, "Are you curious about what the opportunity is?"
"This..."
Hua Yisan's direct answer caught Xu Zhan off guard. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I challenged that trial before, but I was still a hair's breadth away from success. Therefore, I am naturally curious about the final opportunity!"
"This old man also knows that asking like this is somewhat presumptuous! If it is difficult for Fellow Daoist, then you need not answer!"
After all, it was impolite to inquire about the opportunities others had obtained.
Similarly, Hua Yisan had no reason to tell them.
"It's not difficult to say!"
Hua Yisan said calmly, "I can only tell you that the opportunity obtained this time is different from what you imagined. It is merely a qualification. As for anything else, I have nothing further to disclose!"
A qualification?
Upon hearing this, Ye Ming and Xu Zhan exchanged glances, as if they had thought of the same thing.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for your willingness to share. This old man will take his leave!" Xu Zhan cupped his fists in a salute.
Ye Ming also nodded gently and then left with Xu Zhan.
The information provided by Hua Yisan seemed to be very useful to them.
Watching their retreating figures, Hua Yisan finally turned her gaze back to the young man, her beautiful brows slightly furrowed, lost in thought.
...
"Mr. Ye! It seems she has been recognized!"
On the way to the central formation, Xu Zhan said in a deep voice.
"Yes! It should be!"
Ye Ming said calmly, "To be precise, those who have passed the four trials should have gained their recognition!"
Them?
Who did this refer to?
"However, I always feel that it's not that simple!"
At this moment, Ye Ming suddenly stopped, as if he had grasped a key point.
"Not that simple?"
Xu Zhan was a little confused.
"Elder Xu, if these four trials were merely to choose some spokespersons for them, wouldn't the difficulty be... a bit too outrageous?" Ye Ming added, "And the number of people is too small!"
"This..."
After hearing this, Xu Zhan also felt that something was amiss and said, "Yes! Four trials, only four people chosen, this is indeed too few!"
"No! To be precise, there are only two!"
Ye Ming emphasized, "If I hadn't secretly intervened before, the leaders of the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion and the Unrivaled Island would probably not have been able to pass those two trials!"
"What? Mr. Ye intervened secretly?" Xu Zhan was shocked.
"Yes!" Ye Ming nodded. "I was somewhat interested in the War of Angels three years ago, so I helped them out!"
"However, it now seems that the truth of that battle has no necessary connection with the opportunities they obtained!"
This was something Ye Ming could confirm.
"Indeed! I also participated in that battle three years ago!" Xu Zhan said in a deep voice. "Although I don't know the specific truth of that battle, I could feel that battle came... very suddenly!"
That's right!
It was sudden!
So sudden that they, powerful Martial Gods, were caught unprepared and experienced that... disaster.
And in the end, it led to the demise of three Martial Gods.
The world said that war was a struggle between Martial Gods for the Enlightenment Bodhi Tree, but in reality, it was nothing of the sort.
Martial Gods!
They were also insignificant in that battle.
"In that case, perhaps that war was also a sudden change for those behind the scenes."
Through the information provided by Xu Zhan, Ye Ming felt that the Heavenly Defense War three years ago was also beyond the expectation of those people.
Coupled with the intelligence Ye Ming had gathered from the minds of the Wu brothers, he increasingly felt that this possibility was very high.
"Let's go! My intuition tells me that the news of the Enlightenment Bodhi Tree being spread again by those behind the scenes might be a continuation of that war from back then!"
Ye Ming's gaze flickered, and two sharp glints flashed deep within his pupils.
...
At the central formation in the core area.
"Everyone, look quickly, those four pearls are showing movement!"
"Not only those pearls, but it seems that some special runes have also appeared above the formation."
"It seems that the four pearls are the key to activating the runes!"
"Wh-what's happening? Why is the sky darkening?"
"Hey! This is a bit scary! Don't joke around!"
"..."
Just as everyone saw those runes being activated, the sky covering the entire Heavenly Defense land suddenly and bizarrely darkened.
As the runes lit up, a giant formation, visible to the naked eye, rose into the air. And the four focal points of that formation were the locations of those four pearls.
"Wh-what kind of formation is this? I've never seen it before!"
Some ancient martial artists who were skilled in formations, upon seeing the patterns within the formation, shook their heads one after another, having never seen anything like it.
"This is... a spatial teleportation array!"
A young man murmured in the crowd.
"Spatial teleportation array?"
Beside the young man, an elder asked, "Mr. Ye, what is the use of this spatial teleportation array?"
Hearing this, Ye Ming smiled and explained, "Spatial teleportation arrays have many uses and cannot be generalized."
"Some are merely channels for teleportation between two locations."
"While some spatial teleportation arrays can facilitate energy interaction!"
"Their uses are many and extensive!"
After hearing this, Xu Zhan's eyes lit up, feeling enlightened. He asked, "Then, Mr. Ye, can you discern the purpose of the spatial teleportation array here?"
"Naturally!"
Ye Ming casually scanned his surroundings and then his gaze fell successively on the focal points of the formation. He closed his eyes slightly, probing the spatial fluctuations of the formation.
As a spirit of time and space, he was extremely sensitive to space.
A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes and smiled, "It's going to be lively here soon!"
"Hm?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhan was somewhat confused.
However, the next moment, as a beam of white light descended from the sky, he understood.
Because after the white light disappeared, a figure appeared out of thin air.