"Benefactor Luo Chen, you have many hidden troubles. Most are neither too serious nor too slight, and cultivation can remedy them one by one. But two are like fishbones lodged in your throat. They must come out!"
Law Master Xuan Du spoke unhurriedly, as though one glance had laid bare Luo Chen's current condition.
Luo Chen's interest stirred at once.
He knew perfectly well that he had a hidden trouble, but only one.
Yet Xuan Du claimed there were two. Was there another he knew nothing about?
"Please speak plainly, Master!"
Law Master Xuan Du smiled faintly and pointed through the air at Luo Chen's brow.
"Your Life Soul is incomplete. That is the first."
Luo Chen was not surprised that Xuan Du could see it. This Lapis Lazuli Pure Land was wondrous: within it, the whole body became transparent as lapis lazuli. Since Xuan Du could see the flaw in Qing Shuang's Divine Soul, he could naturally detect Luo Chen's hidden trouble too.
Still, having it pointed out so bluntly weighed on Luo Chen's heart.
With a measure of hope, he pressed, "Is there a remedy?"
Law Master Xuan Du shook his head.
Luo Chen froze. "If there's no remedy, Master, how do you expect to offer terms that will sway me?"
Law Master Xuan Du smiled. "The Life Soul is the root of the Divine Soul. Ghost Cultivators struggle to reach the Great Dao because they lack three parts of their Life Soul by nature. How could this humble monk restore yours? But you are not a Ghost Cultivator, Benefactor, and your Divine Soul Foundation is extraordinarily deep. That leaves a sliver of hope."
Luo Chen grew solemn and listened intently.
"With your foundation, Benefactor, you must have reached the stage of condensing your Primordial Spirit. Yet your