Time passed day by day as Qin Fengming devoted himself entirely to refining the Blazing Sun Cold Light Sword. Since the stone chamber's door had closed, it had never opened so much as a crack...
In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed.
During those two months, a major event occurred within the Ji Lineage. Though it was a major event, it was no calamity; indeed, it brought the Ji Lineage considerable support.
A month earlier, while the Ji Lineage's Old Ancestor was meditating in his Cave Abode, he suddenly received a voice transmission talisman. It had been sent by a clansman guarding the Ji Lineage's protective formation.
He had barely listened to the words within the talisman when his expression changed. Cold sweat abruptly broke out across his back, and his mind boomed, nearly leaving him unable to stand.
"Reporting to the Old Ancestor: two cultivators have suddenly arrived outside our gates. Judging by the immense spiritual pressure emanating from them, they may be two Nascent Soul stage seniors. Please come at once to decide what should be done."
Nascent Soul cultivators—and two of them at once. To the Ji Lineage, this was no different from a great calamity descending upon their heads.
Never mind Nascent Soul cultivators: when that Peak Core Formation cultivator from the Luo Lineage had revealed his cultivation back then, everyone in the Ji Lineage had already been terrified. Even their Old Ancestor had only seen Nascent Soul cultivators two or three times throughout his many years of cultivation.
Although only one major stage separated Core Formation cultivators from Nascent Soul cultivators, when it came to their abilities, even dozens of Core Formation cultivators would struggle to match a single Nascent Soul cultivator.
Although none of the other Ji clansmen had