I have a passive skill.

But since the birth of the Eighth Sword Immortal, these people have all been compared.

The Eighth Sword Immortal never drinks alcohol.

Even after he put forward this concept, later on, sword cultivators rarely had anything to do with alcohol.

Whether it's an ancient sword cultivator or a spiritual sword cultivator...

But in Xu Xiaoshou's speculation, shouldn't the first saint slave in front of him be the Eighth Sword Immortal with a high probability?

How could he pick up the wine gourd?

"I guessed wrong?" Xu Xiaoshou's brain was lost, and he couldn't figure out the situation at all.

"How are you thinking?"

The masked man pouring wine with his head up didn't seem to care about his own image at all. When he drank the last drop of wine in the gourd, he threw the gourd back to Cenchov, wiped his mouth, and put down his mask again.

"I……"

Xu Xiaoshou's thoughts were pulled back, but he still couldn't give an answer for a while.

The masked man's words are indeed very reasonable.

Xu Xiaoshou couldn't even find a point to refute.

After all, relative and absolute are views that he also agrees with.

But compromise, can it really be understood as a "choice"?

"It's hard for you to make a decision?" the masked man asked with a smile.

"Ah."

Xu Xiaoshou nodded.

He could see the kindness of the people in front of him towards him.

Perhaps this is the prerequisite for his own potential.

But again, in terms of results, this is still a person who respects others very much.

Even, as the first seat of the holy slave.

It can be said that the respect that the masked man gave to Xu Xiaoshou, a junior, has reached an unimaginable level.

Until now, he was still asking Xu Xiaoshou for his opinion instead of forcing him.

Xu Xiaoshou didn't say a word.

The masked man spoke again.

"I won't force you, but this time, I won't let you go easily."

"You know, this is reality."

"If you really want to go on in the future, with your growth rate, you will still encounter such things in the future, all kinds of things, countless."

"I can let you go once, twice, three times, but others can also force you to make a choice when they meet you for the first time."

"This is the only way you must go."

"Goodwill and respect, I have already given you enough, but fate ends here..."

"For me personally, the time has come."

The masked man looked up at the sky behind Xu Xiaoshou, which was the place where the space of another dimension was located.

"Instead of forcing you to join another faction that you don't like, you might as well choose to go with me at this moment... Bah, walk side by side."

"At least I can still promise you..."

"What?" Xu Xiaoshou raised his eyes.

The masked man is very serious: "I promise you that if the direction you see in the future does not match the choice at this moment, you can choose to leave at any time."

"Not only to leave me, but also not only to leave the holy slave."

"You can let go of everything at any time."

"Even if you have your own direction and feel that you can do better than me, I can join you, help you, and help you achieve your goals."

"My goal..." Xu Xiaoshou's expression became more bewildered.

"You don't know your goal yet, but I do."

The masked man seemed to be amused by his own words, and his tone was a little humorous: "In you, I can see the shadows of most people."

"Maybe when they were the same age as you, they still didn't understand what they wanted most."

"But after reaching a certain level, the direction must lead to the same goal!"

"Why?" Xu Xiaoshou was puzzled.

He didn't even know what he wanted.

Prior to this, only a big concept was sorted out.

And now, a guy who has only met him a few times, he said he knows what he thinks, is it credible?

The masked man didn't answer directly.

He first glanced at the storyteller, then turned his gaze back to Cenchov, and asked, "Do you know that there are people in this world who are better than you?"

Xu Xiaoshou: "..."

"I believe you know."

The masked man nodded, and said again: "But you may not know, looking at the whole world, there are countless people of the same age who are similar to you, or even surpass you."

"Maybe most of these people will die halfway, because of arrogance, arrogance, high ambition, etc..."

"But you also need to understand that not every descendant of an aristocratic family or an outstanding young man has such a problem."

"The world is relative."

"While there are these mentally unhealthy guys, there are also people who are as confident, calm, and persistent as you."

Xu Xiaoshou looked embarrassed.

This sudden praise came as a bit of a shock.

The masked man seemed to be stating an objective fact, unmoved, and continued: "There are also countless such people."

"Then, there are so many people on the mainland who have the potential to grow into peak powerhouses, how much do you know about the powerhouses at that time?"

"Or to put it another way..."

"How many people do you know who can stand at the highest position in this world?"

Xu Xiaoshou was questioned.

According to what the masked man said, combined with his current experience.

If a small White Grotto can gather so many outstanding young people, even the swordsman Gu Qingyi, Lai Shuangxing, ghosts and beasts all appeared so many people.

Then in those places that I can't see, those places that are more dangerous than the White Cave, how many experiencers are there?

Among them, how many excellent ancient sword cultivators are there?

Can these people grow to the level of Seven Sword Immortals?

Xu Xiao couldn't understand.

But looking at the character, strength, and aptitude of such people...

If you really want to give an answer.

Xu Xiaoshou's tendency is "able".

If you want to add a precondition, it is just a "time issue".

but……

The Seven Sword Immortals, since ancient times, seem to have only seven.

The number is very small, and there has never been an extra one even for a period of time.

Even the Eighth Sword Immortal, who is so ancient and brilliant today, can only be counted as half, and still fails to break this iron law.

why?

Xu Xiaoshou opened his mouth slightly, and the strong thirst for knowledge in his eyes was beyond words.

"why?"

The masked man could roughly understand Xu Xiaoshou's inner thoughts, and helped him ask this question, but he didn't answer.

Then, he turned his eyes to the two people beside him again.

"Going back to the question just now, you seem to feel strange, suspicious, or even strongly opposed from the inner level about how I can know your goal along the way?"

"..."

Xu Xiaoshou thought to himself that you really hit the spot.

I just dare not say it.

"But I can know your future!"

The masked man clanked and said, "Why?"

Xu Xiaoshou already felt something was wrong.

His gaze also fell on the storyteller and Cenchov on the side, trying to find the answer from the masked man's gaze.

But to no avail.

The two people on the other side still looked bored, and the only one who was interested was not the young man themselves.

On the contrary, it was more like being amazed that the masked man could talk so much.

"why?"

Xu Xiaoshou finally asked a question, and he couldn't hold back anymore.

The masked man smiled and did not tact again, but responded positively: "Because of freedom!"

"?"

"I can see your insistence on freedom from your eyes and thinking, which is why I don't force you."

The masked man paused and said, "In this world, people like you, without exception, all yearn for freedom."

"But..."

He suddenly raised his head and looked towards the sky.

Above the nine heavens, the rain curtain is still pattering.

With the silence of the two, it was extremely ear-piercing.

The masked man pointed to the sky and asked, "Do you think the Holy Spirit Continent is beyond the White Cave?"

"Do you think that outside of the Holy Spirit Continent, you can really transcend?"

"wrong!"

"Did you see the rain?"

Xu Xiaoshou nodded.

"That's not rain, that's a person!" the masked man shouted loudly.

Xu Xiaoshou's mind went blank for a moment.

A memory that didn't seem to belong to me suddenly appeared in my mind.

That was an unknown period of thinking about the information column after I escaped from the siege of the storyteller and the night watchman.

Xu Xiaoshou didn't have time to think, so he looked inside directly.

"Watched, passive value, +1."

"Watch?"

He finally paid attention to the problem again.

watch?