Zhou Xinjin!
From Li Juenian's introduction, Lin Bai learned something about Zhou Xinjin's origins.
Like Li Yuanzong, Zhou Xinjin was an orphan. He was initially adopted by an inner sect elder of the Tianshui Sect. Later, he displayed extraordinary talent and comprehension within the Tianshui Sect, catching the eye of the Grand Elder, who took him as a disciple.
After becoming the Grand Elder's disciple, Zhou Xinjin received the Grand Elder's resources and guidance, allowing his potential to rapidly emerge within the Tianshui Sect.
He had once been a prodigy who reached the top of the Dao God Rankings of the Tianshui Sect.
He had joined the sect even earlier than Mu Huaqing, more than fifteen hundred years ago.
Later, Zhou Xinjin became trapped at the Dao God Peak, with no sign of a breakthrough for a long time. Thus, the Grand Elder ordered him to resign from all his miscellaneous sect duties and return to the mountains for secluded cultivation.
That journey lasted over a thousand years.
Throughout those thousand-plus years, Zhou Xinjin had almost never contacted the outside world. He had spent year after year in seclusion, seeking a breakthrough to the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
After years of bitter cultivation, although Zhou Xinjin had yet to step into the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm, he had at least touched the threshold.
His cultivation and strength should be above Mu Huaqing's.
It was worth mentioning that Zhou Xinjin and Mu Huaqing had entered the Grand Elder's tutelage one after another, and the two had been close friends. This time, upon hearing of Mu Huaqing's death, Zhou Xinjin had flown into a rage, reentered the mortal world, and appeared in the sect.
Yi Zien had happened to encounter Zhou Xinjin when he returned to the sect to report