"Weren't you always being so secretive?"
"Why did you tell that kid everything today?"
At Mingxin Hall, the Cyan-Clothed Man had appeared again after being absent for over half a month. He watched Old Li process medicinal materials with great interest.
"His Spirit Root aptitude is far too poor, but his Comprehension is extraordinarily high. With such an extreme combination, if he sets foot on the Immortal Path, the most important thing will be whether he can endure patiently."
"If he can't endure patiently, no matter how good his Comprehension is, it will be meaningless."
Old Li busied himself without looking up as he replied.
"That's true."
The Cyan-Clothed Man nodded thoughtfully. "I've been keeping an eye on him these past two weeks or so. This kid's Comprehension really is excellent."
"Though his aptitude is only a False Spiritual Root, as long as he can continue maintaining this level of Comprehension, once he enters the Cultivation World, his path will certainly be much smoother than ours."
At that, the Cyan-Clothed Man seemed to think of something. He suddenly looked at Old Li suspiciously. "Old Li, you're not planning to pass on your legacy to that kid, are you?"
Old Li said nothing and continued busying himself.
Seeing this, the Cyan-Clothed Man pulled a Medical Book from his robes. Pretending to flip through it, he muttered to himself, "No matter how I look at this Medical Book, it doesn't feel like an ordinary medical text."
"Knowledge of People and Herbs—is he learning Alchemy?"
As he said this, the Cyan-Clothed Man looked at Old Li with great interest. "Old Li, you've hidden this deeply!"
"An alchemist, huh? Old Li, how have you been willing to stay in this lousy place for so many years?"
Old Li set down the medicinal materials, his