The Second Guest

True Lord Yuxiao sent a voice transmission. "Junior Brother, give me the truth. How confident are you about breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm?"

He was truly anxious. He had originally thought there was plenty of time, never expecting the Mysterious Yin Sect to play dirty.

If nothing had happened to Lin Lan, who knew how much longer they would have remained in the dark.

Once the number of contaminated disciples reached a certain point, it would greatly damage the sect's foundations.

The decision to seal the mountain was not an easy one. It meant the sect would receive no new blood during this period.

Ji An replied through voice transmission as well, "Eighty percent."

For him, that was already a very conservative number. He could meet every hard requirement for a breakthrough; what remained depended on an unflinching Dao Heart.

True Lord Yuxiao's eyebrows jumped, and he could not suppress them.

He froze for a moment, then sent another voice transmission to confirm.

"Truly?"

"Truly!"

True Lord Yuxiao immediately felt everything brighten within him. Perhaps sealing the mountain was not a bad thing after all. The sect would be able to complete another stage of accumulation.

With fewer low-level disciples, each cultivator would instead receive more resources on average. However, high-level resources would grow increasingly scarce.

After chatting for a while, Lin Qiubai was the first to rise and take his leave. "Sect Master Senior Brother, I still need to return to Facing Sun Peak and arrange the disciples' patrol duties. I'll be leaving first."

Although he had assigned the tasks, they could not be carried out until he gave the final word.

Liu Yu rose as well. The two of them were inseparable.

"Take care, Junior Brother."

After seeing off their guests, the two returned to the