Li Jianchen nodded silently, but still said, "Actually, everything else is secondary. It would be better to send the Phoenix-Attracting Coffin straight to the Upper Realm. Once it got there, even if Zu Xinghai wanted it, he could no longer obtain it. That would be a once-and-for-all solution. But now he's right outside, and this old man feels deeply uneasy."
"Senior cares about the world. This junior admires you. Grandmother has already reached the Nine-Yang Realm, and she absolutely won't surrender meekly before Zu Xinghai. It's just that I still don't know what Grandmother intends to do. For now, shall we take things one step at a time?" I suggested.
"That's fine. We'll take things one step at a time. Oh, right, I'm worried about this grand-disciple of mine. If Fellow Daoist Zhou, the ghost cultivator, hadn't sent word just now, I'm afraid I would have missed the two of you." Li Jianchen said this, then cupped his hands and took his leave.
"Mm. Then, Senior, I still have companions to rescue. It wouldn't be good to delay any longer. If anything happens, we can all exchange news again." I couldn't keep talking with Li Jianchen either. In truth, the Qian Kun Dao sects were somewhat worrying needlessly. It wasn't that they were stubborn; rather, from childhood, they had been steeped in the ideals of putting the world's greater good and all living beings first. To them, it was like eating and drinking—something they had to do.
After Li Jianchen had attained great enlightenment, he had become a corpse-type being, but at least he had returned to the Qian Kun Dao's central principles. Since he walked the path of justice, I naturally wouldn't dampen his enthusiasm.
The entire Phoenix-Attracting Living Formation remained dark and gloomy. With the help of the