"That child... I hope she can cultivate what she seeks in this lifetime..."
Lin Shan Hai watched his granddaughter leave, shook his head, and sighed softly.
With Lin Qingying's talent and her Sacred Bone, coupled with the frequent revelations of Sages reincarnating and manifesting avatars over the past thousand years, it was hard not to suspect that she, too, was a reincarnated Sage. Which Sage, however, remained unknown.
But Lin Shan Hai felt no discomfort over it. At least in the memories of this lifetime, she was his granddaughter, whom he had held in his arms and raised from infancy.
Lin Qingying's parents had died young, and he had cared for her throughout her childhood, coaxing her when she cried. Her childhood mischief and sweetness had long since been etched into his heart.
"Elder Lin, why do these Sages cultivate anew?"
Li Hao held his teacup and asked curiously.
Lin Shan Hai lifted the teapot and filled his own cup again, then looked up at the white clouds floating beyond the eaves. A gentle breeze drifted through the courtyard, lending it a leisurely, carefree comfort.
He savored a sip of tea, then turned and chuckled. "You brat, and you still claim you don't know alchemy!"
"If you were truly a martial artist, you would know that these Sages reincarnate to seek mastery of every martial Extreme Realm. I hear that cultivating every realm to its utmost concerns a heaven-shaking secret, especially the sixth extreme realm!"
I really don't know alchemy... Li Hao smiled wryly. Ever since he had displayed his stir-frying refinement technique, the old man had taken him for the heir of a fallen alchemical lineage. In the old man's eyes, his explanations were merely an attempt to conceal his identity, a sign of distrust and evasiveness.
Naturally, he