Zhu Fengdan left, thoroughly satisfied.
It was time for the next one.
Witch Xian pointed to another. The next was the Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron.
This second-rank practitioner, whose Dao Path had already been severed, came before Li Qi.
"Father-in-law, I'm sorry." Li Qi lowered his head in apology.
Yang Zhenqian said steadily, "There is nothing to apologize for. You have already reached heights I never imagined. It is difficult to gain a foothold here. And besides, you may feel that everything you have encountered is agonizing, but... it is like this for everyone."
"Just chess pieces. Who isn't one?"
As he spoke, Li Qi seemed able to feel it in his bones.
An incomparably gifted second-rank practitioner, yet his Dao Path had ultimately been severed. Now he ran everywhere, fighting deadly battles, all for the sake of his descendants and inheritance.
If they were talking about misery, Li Qi feared he could not compare with his father-in-law.
Yang Zhenqian's Dao Path had been forcibly smashed apart.
"Everything was born from nothingness, including this universe itself, so there is nothing terrible about nothingness. You were created by the heavenly demon, but wasn't your daughter also created from nothingness by you? Creation is no great matter. The key is that if you were created, does that not prove that objective reality exists? Otherwise, from what could you have been created?" Yang Zhenqian said to Li Qi.
"I already have some thoughts on that matter," Li Qi said.
"Re-cultivation, as your master said?" Yang Zhenqian replied.
"Yes." Li Qi nodded.
"That works too." Yang Zhenqian said no more. This too was a choice, an answer.
Thus, he chose to leave as well.
The next to come was Crown Prince Changqin.
He strolled leisurely to Li Qi's side, without taking the initiative