True Monarch Zhenyue smiled and waved his hand. "It was merely a small favor, no more than lifting a hand. There is no need for you to take it to heart, Fellow Daoist.
"By the way, your spirit beast came to Central Continent with you, didn't it? Did you leave him outside?"
He felt that the Five-Colored Deer must have contributed greatly in the battle against Kong Wen, and wanted to see what bearing the Shapeshifted Great Demon possessed now.
Ji An shook his head. "I left the Five-Colored Deer in Western Continent. After I departed, he became the strongest Spirit Farmer in the sect. Many matters require him to handle them."
The two True Monarchs exchanged glances. A Shapeshifted Great Demon was willingly serving as a Spirit Farmer? Surely they had not heard wrong?
True Monarch Huayin asked, "Fellow Daoist, what level has the Five-Colored Deer's cultivation reached now?"
"After the Five-Colored Deer took human form, I bestowed upon him the name True Monarch Wuyue. Should we meet again in the future, please address him as such to show respect.
"True Monarch Wuyue was somewhat lax in his cultivation over the years, and only broke through to Nascent Soul Layer 2 in recent years."
A strange expression appeared on True Monarch Zhenyue's face as he chimed in, "If True Monarch Wuyue has been working as a Spirit Farmer all along, reaching Nascent Soul Layer 2 is not slow at all, is it?
"How is Li Haoran doing? The next time we meet, will we have to call him True Monarch Haoran?"
Ji An nodded with a smile. "Yes. Hao Ran is likewise at Nascent Soul Layer 2.
"He had no predecessors' insights to draw upon and had to feel his way forward entirely on his own. Such progress is