"What bad news?"
Gu An asked. He could sense that Lu Baitian's aura was very weak, so he cast Lifespan Inspection on him.
[Lu Baitian (Body Integration Realm, ninth level): 764/2050/3200]
It did not seem to have changed much.
Wait!
His lifespan had dropped by eleven hundred years!
Gu An remembered that his lifespan had previously been three thousand one hundred and fifty years.
Could he have failed his tribulation?
Gu An was secretly alarmed. No wonder that in simulated cultivation, whenever he failed, he had to wait many years before attempting the tribulation again. Reality was the same, and in reality, he might die outright. Even if he survived, he could not immediately charge into another tribulation.
Lu Baitian took a deep breath and said, "I failed my tribulation. I cannot break through to a higher realm, and I may need many years to recover from my injuries before I can regain my peak cultivation."
Gu An's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He immediately grew agitated, stepped forward twice, and asked nervously, "Sect Leader, are you all right? You must take care of yourself. The Taixuan Sect cannot go on without you!"
A smile appeared on Lu Baitian's gloomy face when he heard that, and Gu Zong felt comforted as well.
Ji Hantian was displeased instead. "What do you mean, it cannot go on without him? If he dies, there is still me."
What Vice Sect Leader in the world did not want to become Sect Leader?
But was it really all right to be this blunt?
Gu An thought to himself, though his face remained filled with concern.
"Don't worry, I won't die. But it will likely be very difficult for me to strike at a higher realm again in this lifetime. If I