Gu He, standing outside the mountain range, sensed that power, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.
It seemed Elder Shen Nong was prepared to meet him.
Following the guidance of the Soul Power, Gu He flew toward Elder Shen Nong's location.
When he arrived, he saw an old man dressed in coarse linen and respectfully bowed. "This junior, Gu He, pays his respects to Senior Shen Nong."
Upon seeing Gu He's cultivation, Elder Shen Nong could not help but reveal a trace of surprise. He had thought that, no matter how outstanding this unseen junior might be, he would at most be exceptional in terms of his soul, while his cultivation would be somewhat lacking. He had even imagined that the person before him might be a junior who had only just barely reached the Dou Saint realm. Yet he had never expected him to be a Five-Star Dou Sheng.
Only those who had already crossed it could truly understand the chasm-like gap in energy between each star of the Dou Saint realm. No matter how exceptional or dazzling one was below the Dou Saint level, upon reaching Dou Saint, one would still need to spend decades cultivating painstakingly just to barely advance a single star. Yet it had only been one or two hundred years since he had last left the Shen Nong Mountain Range for the Central Continent. He remembered that Gu He had not been among the junior disciples he had seen back then. However, the aura emanating from this outstanding young man clearly showed that he was already a Five-Star Dou Sheng. It even made him wonder whether he had become disconnected from the times—perhaps he had not been secluded for one or two hundred years, but for five or six hundred. Or