Under Lu Ye's observation, he found that the old guy's situation was much more miserable than his own.

Although his strength was more profound, in such an environment, he had no means to cope. When he first fell into this place, he recklessly charged forward, hoping to break free from the Insect Path's constraints, yet the deeper he went, the more trapped he became. By the time he realized things were not well, it was too late to stop.

At this moment, Tang Jun's hair was disheveled, and he was covered in bloodstains. However, he appeared to have no external injuries. After all, being at the Moon Jade stage, any flesh wounds could be easily healed with some exertion of strength.

But his condition was clearly quite dire, his aura as weak as a flickering candle in the wind, ready to be snuffed out at any moment.

He was in a spot shrouded by a curtain of light, with a small bell hovering beside him. The rotating bell was obviously a defensive artifact, and the light curtain was emitted from this bell.

However, when Lu Ye arrived, the light from the curtain had already dimmed to an extreme degree, just like his aura, wobbling and unstable.

Tang Jun was obviously at the end of his strength. Once the bell's defense was broken, complete annihilation awaited him. The reason he was still barely alive was the shelter provided by this bell's protection.

Alive is good! Lu Ye steadied his mind.

Almost at the same time Lu Ye discovered him, Tang Jun sensed something, lifted his eyes to look in Lu Ye's direction, and stared deeply at him with a calm expression: "Young friend, you truly have great means, this time I have been outdone, but it seems you can't escape either?"

Lu Ye raised an eyebrow: "You think that was my plan?"

"Isn't it?"

Lu Ye shook his head: "Pure coincidence!"

Tang Jun neither agreed nor disagreed and, after a pause, said, "Whether it's by chance or not, the result is the same. Now neither of us can escape, I won't have a good end, and you can't survive alone! What a pity…"

"What's the pity?"

Tang Jun chuckled slightly: "It's a pity that you, young friend, with such a promising future, now have to accompany an old wreck like me in eternal rest here. By this account, I haven't lost at all, hahaha!"

His attitude somewhat surprised Lu Ye. He had thought that when he found the other party, he would be furiously attacked, but who knew the person seemed to have accepted reality.

Perhaps it's due to his open-mindedness, or maybe it's related to his current circumstance. Tang Jun's situation clearly couldn't last much longer, and presumably, he didn't have energy left for further struggle.

"Whether you lose or not, let's set that aside for now. I'm here to make a deal with you," Lu Ye opened the conversation.

Tang Jun looked confused: "At this point, what deal do you wish to make with an old man?" People are about to die, what deal is there to make?

Lu Ye got straight to the point: "Do you want to live or die?"

Tang Jun frowned: "Are you threatening me?"

Lu Ye also realized that his words might have been a bit ambiguous, raised a hand, and said: "Don't misunderstand, I am merely asking a simple question. If you are determined to die, there's no point in the deal, but if you want to live, then we have something to discuss."

Tang Jun smiled: "Though old, if I could live a few more years, who would choose death? It's just that…" At this point, he suddenly seemed to perceive something, looked carefully, and at length said in surprise: "Do you have a means to mitigate the erosion of spatial turbulence?"

Not until this moment did he seem to realize something.

Having fallen here as a Moon Jade stage cultivator and brought to near death, it didn't make sense for Lu Ye as a Constellation Early Stage to still be alive. He should have perished long ago.

However, observing Lu Ye's condition, although he appeared rather haggard, in reality, his state was unbelievably better than his own.

How could this be?

Upon closer inspection, the spatial turbulence encircling Lu Ye wasn't too strong, and with his Constellation Early Stage cultivation, he seemed able to barely withstand it.

Tang Jun was greatly surprised!

"Spatial turbulence?" Lu Ye showed a look of confusion.

Tang Jun calmed himself and spoke: "It is the mystical power that fills this place, a manifestation of Space Power; an elder mentioned this to me, but I don't know the depths of it."

Lu Ye understood, he had previously felt that the mystical power here stemmed from the concept of space, which was also the root of the Void Spirit Runes, allowing them to function here.

Looking at it now, that was indeed the case.

"What kind of technique is this, young friend?" Tang Jun's eyes lit up as if he had seen a lifeline while drowning.

Honestly, he had resigned himself to his fate earlier because he had exhausted all his means, with no result, making things even more dire. Eventually, he could only resort to his defensive artifact, sitting there waiting for death.

But if Lu Ye had a way to weaken the chaotic space currents, then perhaps he could take a shot at it?

The fact that the other party came to find him at this moment and asked if he wanted to live or die might imply wanting something done...

Having lived for over three thousand years, Tang Jun was experienced and immediately sensed something.

Lu Ye didn't answer his question; he simply nodded and said, "It looks like you want to live."

Tang Jun said, "Would the young friend lend me a hand? But what's the request?" No wonder this kid talked about a deal right away.

"No rush, no rush!" Lu Ye sat down at a short distance in front of him calmly, making Tang Jun twitch.

This kid might not be in a hurry, but he was, yet he couldn't show it.

"Before we get to the main topic, there's something I need you to understand." As Lu Ye spoke, he raised his hand slightly, and a red talisman appeared in his palm, the second red talisman he had nurtured within himself.

Upon seeing it, Tang Jun's eyes slightly narrowed. As he suspected, Li Taibai indeed possessed more than one red talisman. This confirmed that his earlier decision to hunt him down immediately was not wrong. Otherwise, letting this kid recover his strength, having the red talisman in hand, even he would have to be wary.

"Old Tang, you are well-versed and experienced. Can you guess the origin of this red talisman?"

"Old Tang..." Tang Jun's eyes twitched. In all his long years, this was the first time someone had called him that, but he didn't bother arguing with Lu Ye and simply said, "The red talisman can only be forged by a Sun Blaze expert. However, even if a red talisman is activated by a Constellation Early Stage cultivator like young friend, it shouldn't have the power to kill a Moon Jade Mid-Stage in one blow, even if the Moon Jade was caught off guard. In this world, only red talismans crafted by the Dwarf Race can reach such capability if nurtured in a cultivator's body. Hence, I boldly guess this red talisman is from the Dwarf Race?"

Lu Ye gave him a thumbs up, "Indeed, the older, the wiser!"

"Young friend showed this red talisman to the old man. Are you trying to tell me you have a way to deal with the old man?"

"No!" Lu Ye shook his head, "I merely want to tell you that I have backing! My Unparalleled Continent is a subordinate world of the eastern Mount Fangcun. Your Qingli Dao World attacked without cause, picking a fight first. When I killed them, they deserved it! To be honest, those Constellations Qin Yuandai brought should all be dead by now. We Unparalleled cultivators don't just have red talismans; Mount Fangcun has bestowed many purple talismans as well. Old Tang, do you think those Constellations could withstand the power of a purple talisman?"

Tang Jun was skeptical, "Why did the young friend not mention this before?"

The disbelief stemmed from the fact that the Dwarf Race seldom interacted with other races, let alone taking any domain as a subordinate world. It's unheard of.

However, the presence of two red talismans from the Dwarf Race made it possible that the presence of more purple talismans meant the Constellations Qin Yuandai brought were doomed.

Based on his observations before and after, the Unparalleled Continent indeed just recently ascended to a large domain. By right, cultivators from such domains are just beginning to step into stellar space, not to mention forming connections with the Dwarf Race unless the Dwarf Race experts themselves offered them gifts like red and purple talismans.

"Would saying it make any difference?" Lu Ye snorted coldly, "In the cultivation world, it always comes down to whose fist is bigger, whose voice is louder! Rather than speaking plainly and letting you guess and wonder, might as well be straightforward with actions! Initially, I thought your Qingli Dao World had only three Moon Jades, and killing one would deter the other two from attacking. Who knew you, this old bag of bones, were still in hiding!"

Tang Jun was somewhat speechless, "I just happened upon the scene and came along to take a look." He paused and continued, "So, you had four people disguising as Moon Jade Early Stage, also using the power of the Dwarf Race's Spirit Talismans?"

He had been observing those fake Moon Jades, and when the red talisman's power exploded, revealing their true cultivation, he was stunned, unable to comprehend the mysterious means.

Lu Ye nodded immediately, "Naturally, the Spirit Talismans of the Dwarf Race are infinitely mysterious. Disguising as a Moon Jade is nothing. If not for worrying about alarming you, I could even make a Sun Blaze from my Unparalleled to deceive you!"

Since the misunderstanding existed, Lu Ye had no intention of clarifying the truth.

Tang Jun remained silent for a long time before asking, "Young friend, how long has your Unparalleled been in its large domain status?"

"Three, maybe four years, why?"

"Then, young friend, do you know what this place is called?"

"Insect Path!" After replying, Lu Ye realized Tang Jun's intention and said, "No need to test anymore. I have visited the eastern Mount Fangcun and stayed at their Xiyuan Pavilion for a few months, reading through tens of thousands of jade slips with all sorts of stellar space intelligence. So don't mistake us Unparalleled cultivators for novices stumbling blindly through stellar space. We know what we should know."

Tang Jun was not quick to believe, mentioning offhand several common pieces of knowledge regarding stellar space that cultivators from a recently raised large domain would have no opportunity to learn, to which Lu Ye responded fluently.

Only then did Tang Jun sigh, "Your Unparalleled has such fortune!"

Thinking back to when their Qingli Dao World ascended over three thousand years ago, the first batch of Constellations knew nothing of stellar space, requiring years of exploration to gradually integrate into it.

Comparatively, this Unparalleled Continent was too lucky; in just a few years since its promotion to a large domain, it had already established a connection with the Dwarf Race.