"More or less recovered." The elderly cultivator nodded in reply, then began sizing up the young scholar. When he sensed that the young scholar's aura was several degrees stronger than when they had met a year ago, having reached the peak of the Golden Core Fourth Layer, his eyes flickered slightly and a gratified smile rose to his face.
"The peak of the Golden Core Fourth Layer. Not bad, not bad—very good indeed. Give you a few more years, and our Profound Yang Sect will likely gain another True Person of the Golden Core Fifth Layer."
"May Master's auspicious words come true." Qiu Shui Zhenren, the Profound Yang Sect's foremost genius, dressed as a scholar, replied modestly.
"Haha, Martial Nephew Jin Yang, Martial Nephew Mist Water, although neither of your cultivations has improved much, your auras are sharp and fierce. Have you cultivated some spell or secret art?"
Xuanyang True Person, at Golden Core Completion, smiled as he looked over the middle-aged man with golden hair and green eyes, as well as the drowsy young cultivator, and asked.
"Martial Uncle truly has sharp eyes. Not long ago, this junior comprehended the Third Rank spell Golden Feathers Fill the Sky to the Consummation Realm. I can already cast it instantly," Jin Yang Zhenren of the Pseudo-Core Realm said.
"Martial Uncle, with the aid of Senior Brother Qiu Shui and Senior Brother Jin Yang, this junior has already raised my Weak Water Gourd to the Third Rank, turning it into a magic treasure."
Mist Water True Person, who had only entered the Golden Core Realm within the past few years, waved his hand and summoned a blue gourd from within his Golden Core. It exuded an immense, drowning pressure of gravity as he handed it to Xuanyang True Person for inspection.
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