When Naimeicui said this, Angel recalled what Palishanya had said before: six hundred years ago, Naimeicui had suddenly entered seclusion.
Now that he thought about it, Naimeicui must have met Feng again six hundred years ago and obtained a method of advancement from him, which was why it had gone into seclusion to cultivate. After all these years, its power had grown ever stronger, causing the aura deep within the Lost Forest to become increasingly terrifying.
Just when he had fully assumed that this was the answer, Naimeicui continued its account, and Angel realized that his speculation seemed to have gone astray.
"Mr. Feng brought me hope." Naimeicui fell silent for several seconds, but its tone suddenly became more subdued. "Yet that hope was different from what I had imagined."
Angel asked, "How was it different?"
Naimeicui said, "I told Mr. Feng about my bottleneck. Do you know how Mr. Feng answered me?"
Angel shook his head.
Naimeicui's gaze was complicated, its thoughts scattered. Scenes from its memories kept rewinding, the present slowly overlapping with the past, as though time had returned to that very day—
Faced with Naimeicui's urgency, Feng smiled and soothed it. "After all, I am neither an elemental creature nor an elemental wizard. I actually know very little about how elemental creatures break through."
The moment Naimeicui heard that answer, its eyes dimmed. It had waited so long for Feng, believing that he could guide it onto the right path and help it break through its current bottleneck, just as he had when they first met. But now, it seemed this road had been blocked as well.
As Naimeicui sank into dejection, Feng suddenly changed the subject. "However, while I do not know how elemental creatures can break through their bottlenecks, I do know how you