Jiang Ding and Yuan exchanged a glance, both speechless.
The two knew each other too well.
Back when True Venerable Shenji and the others were still around, it had always felt as though a long era lay between them. Yet now, they seemed to be living beings of the same era once more.
"Senior, how is the Immortal Sect doing now?"
Jiang Ding asked.
A great many veteran Void Refinement powerhouses had entered slumber. Industrial production and Immortal Path Technology research and development were certainly affected; he simply did not know whether it remained within acceptable limits.
"Not bad."
"The impact has not been too great."
Yuan shook his head slightly. "The Immortal Sect's ten trillion citizens are born and die generation after generation. With Ascension immigrants supplementing them, taking a century as one generation, each generation produces many geniuses, and every thousand years produces outstanding heroes. Shenji and the others have entered slumber, but new citizen Void Refinement cultivators will rise to fill their places. It will not cause too much disorder."
"It is true that these younger descendants are still inexperienced. They remain far inferior to Shenji and the others; there is no denying that."
"But Shenji and the others were not born so powerful either. They too grew through countless trials, overseeing the research and development of every Immortal Sect-level project at the Immortal Sect Academy of Sciences, growing after making many mistakes."
"On entirely new platforms, these young descendants of the Immortal Sect will gradually grow as well."
Yuan gave a self-mocking smile.
"From that perspective, it might actually be a good thing for old relics like us to enter slumber and step down."
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