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Qin Fengming naturally appreciated Fairy Ruo Jing's kindness. The reason she had spoken to him so openly was, of course, that he had helped her earlier.
Qin Fengming knew when to give and take. He knew he could not demand too much of the female Mahayana cultivator before him.
Having learned what he most wanted to know, Qin Fengming bowed and said, "Thank you for telling me the truth, Senior. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave."
As she watched the composed young cultivator leave her cave abode, Fairy Ruo Jing's gaze lingered on its entrance for a long time...
Qin Fengming left the small island, turned, and flew toward the entrance of the great hall where the Mahayana cultivators of Youfu Palace had gathered earlier.
Although Qin Fengming's gains from studying the runes this time had been far less than Fairy Ruo Jing's, that was only to say that he had not comprehended the aura of incense offerings.
In fact, even if Qin Fengming had entered Ju Xiang Hall, he could not have truly merged with that aura.
For a cultivator with an intact physical body could never comprehend the aura of incense offerings. Only someone in a state like Fairy Ruo Jing's could sense it.
It could be said that, among all the mighty Mahayana cultivators of the Three Realms—even counting the supreme figures of the past—none had ever enjoyed an experience or benefits like those Fairy Ruo Jing had gained this time.
Sensing the aura of incense offerings was an experience even many Dao Lords of the Miro Realm