Meanwhile.
Far away in the Southern Domain, Su Xing Zhenren, who was fishing before a vast, boundless lake, also received the news.
Though he was not within the sect, as the deputy hall master of the Spirit Plant Hall, there were only things within the sect that he did not wish to know—nothing that he could not know.
He had always kept a close eye on his disciple.
"Gourd Spirit Turtle, Ink-Wash Kan-Life Yam, Lotus Pill..."
After pondering for a moment, Su Xing Zhenren said to his second disciple, who sat beside him bored out of his mind, "The Gourd Spirit Turtle is indeed an entirely new spirit beast, one never seen before. But the Ink-Wash Kan-Life Yam and the Lotus Pill should both have traces that can be followed."
"Please don't make me go." Perfected Person You Tian jolted awake and hurriedly refused. "The ink-wash matter must certainly involve the Confucian legacy of ancient times, while the Lotus Pill is even connected to that legendary supreme treasure."
"Please have mercy on me. My luck can't bear treasures like those."
By the end, he could not help cupping his hands in salute, putting on an utterly pitiful expression.
"..."
"What a disappointment!"
Su Xing Zhenren said irritably.
Yet he also knew that the Ink-Wash Kan-Life Yam and the Lotus Pill method, which was suspected to be connected to the "Lotus Lantern," were indeed not things You Tian could bear.
Even he himself had not deliberately helped Li Ye scheme for them.
Things gained by letting nature take its course were good things, but if one truly tried to force them... the Four Seasons Sect might be able to bear the karmic consequences within the cultivation world, but it could also bring about disaster.
So he instead asked, "I heard that