The last time the two had met, Song Qingming had only just broken through to the Half-step Spirit Transformation Realm.
In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years had passed.
Seeing Chen Qingxuan suddenly appear before him, Song Qingming was quite startled, almost thinking he had mistaken him for someone else.
Yet Chen Qingxuan put on no airs at all. Sitting amid a group of Qi Refining Cultivators, he drank by himself.
More than a century had passed, and Chen Qingxuan's cultivation had also improved, reaching the fifth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
When he saw Song Qingming recognize him, there was no surprise on his face. Smiling, he raised his cup, as though he were merely a guest who had come to offer congratulations.
Only after the banquet had ended and the many guests nearby had been seen off did Song Qingming invite Chen Qingxuan into an inner room.
Li Xuanyi had also learned of his identity. Carrying the newly one-month-old Song Xinyuan, she came out and stepped forward to offer Chen Qingxuan a respectful salute.
"This humble one pays respects to Senior Chen!"
"No need for such formalities!"
"I had barely arrived when this child was born. It seems he and this old man share some affinity. This Heavenly Origin Heart Sutra is a cultivation method I practiced in my early years.
"Once cultivated to completion, it will offer a trace of help to a cultivator's future Nascent Soul formation.
"Since we happened to meet today, take it as this old man's congratulatory gift. At least I will not have drunk your banquet wine for nothing."
As Chen Qingxuan spoke, a Jade Slip appeared in his hand in the blink of an eye, and he handed it to Li Xuanyi.
Seeing Chen Qingxuan directly