Over the next couple hours, Meng Bai continued asking questions. Some were simple, others more complex. Lin Mu answered what he could, carefully avoiding anything that might trigger Heavenly restrictions.
Gradually, the overwhelming shock began to settle.
In its place, a new understanding formed.
Meng Bai realized that he had not merely joined a powerful cultivator.
He had stepped into a lineage that stood beyond conventional systems of power.
A lineage that was ancient, mysterious…
And terrifyingly profound.
And for the first time since leaving the temple, Meng Bai felt something else alongside the shock.
Excitement.
Lin Mu spent nearly two full hours speaking with Meng Bai, patiently answering every question the young disciple had. What began as a storm of confusion slowly settled into clarity, then into understanding, and finally into something far deeper. By the end of it, Meng Bai's expression had completely changed.
The shock was gone.
