This Promise Wasn't Empty, but It Was Far Away~~

Three days later, Xu Fan saw the transformed Wang Xiangchi.

"Not bad."

Those two words alone sent Wang Xiangchi into excitement.

"Thank you, Master, for protecting Disciple's path!" Wang Xiangchi said gratefully. Even now, thinking back on it still left him with lingering fear.

Back then, he had truly cut off every path of retreat, leaving himself not even the chance to regret it.

Though he had forced a path through, whenever he recalled it, his heart still trembled with fear.

What would have happened if he had failed then?

"What else could I do but protect your path? Watch the disciple I raised for so many years walk into a dead end because of one petty Demon Venerable?" Xu Fan said flatly.

"It's fine to challenge your own limit, but don't cut off all paths of retreat because of one wrong step."

"Even your Master would have no way to pull you back." Xu Fan said.

"Disciple knows his mistake."

"Although cutting off your retreat was foolish, the results were obvious. Don't use that method again." A jade bottle appeared in Xu Fan's hand, and he tossed it to Wang Xiangchi.

"In that great war, although you broke through in cultivation, you also depleted quite a bit of Origin Essence. Take one Origin Essence Pill every month and rest quietly for three months. You'll be fine." Xu Fan said. He had found time to have the Pill Refining Grandmaster of the pill refining branch make them.

"Thank you, Master."

"Go back. Don't do this again in the future. Be careful not to make your parents bury their child." Xu Fan waved a hand and sent Wang Xiangchi away.

Just as Xu Fan was considering what to do next, Grape's voice sounded.

"Master, Feng Changning and the Imperial Preceptor have