"Fairy Gong and Senior Peng Emperor's goodwill, Wei accepts. It is only... Fairy Gong is on the verge of attaining the Great Ascension Dao. Senior need not wait here long for Wei's sake; protecting Fairy Gong's Dao should be the priority..."
Having understood this, Wei Tu promptly thanked the Old Peng Emperor. Yet after a brief pause, he added those words, expressing his concern while offering a mild exhortation.
Attaining the Great Ascension Dao was no small matter. Though this process of shedding mortality and transforming into an immortal had to be completed by the cultivator herself... if a Great Ascension cultivator of the same realm guarded her Dao, then even should the breakthrough fail, her life would not be in danger.
Moreover, the Spirit Realm was in troubled times. If Lord Yangyu had the Old Peng Emperor guarding her Dao, it would surely be better than Wei Tu's former situation, where he had constantly worried about foreign enemies invading.
Yet the Old Peng Emperor merely burst into laughter upon hearing this. "For Fellow Daoist Wei to worry so sincerely over that girl's welfare shows deep affection indeed. But... Fellow Daoist Wei underestimates this old man. Within the Spirit Realm, this one's escape speed is not much inferior to that of a Tribulation Transcendence Immortal."
"Returning to the Thunder Peng Clan is no more than a thought for this old man, a matter of moments."
"Furthermore, our clan's protective formation is an ultimate formation that even Great Ascension cultivators would find difficult to break. Even without this old man holding the field, those petty scoundrels would not dare offend us lightly."
His escape speed was not much weaker than a Tribulation Transcendence Immortal's!
The instant those words fell, Wei Tu's expression sharpened, and he could not help reevaluating the Old