"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist!"
Yun Xi Fairy thanked him solemnly.
Self-severing with a single sword strike and transforming into a ghost cultivator was the ultimate desperate means of preserving her life.
If possible, she naturally wished to endure the entire tribulation and become a Void Returning Cultivator revered by all.
"This isn't without compensation... I also wish to observe Fairy's tribulation, and I'll need to borrow a look at that ghost-cultivation technique and its secret arts."
Fang Xi smiled.
"That's only natural..." Yun Xi Fairy exchanged a glance with Liu Xu and readily agreed.
Fang Xi observing Yun Xi Fairy's breakthrough was equivalent to gaining another protector.
Even if he had not said so, the two women had intended the same.
"Master..."
Shui Lingxin's emotions stirred slightly. "Why not wait a little longer? With a few more days to prepare, it may not be impossible to gather a Lightning Transformation Treasure and the secret art..."
"The reason we Ascended Cultivators can produce so many outstanding figures is that we possess a sharper spirit than ordinary cultivators!"
Yun Xi Fairy shook her head and sighed. "I feel that my Essence, Qi, and Spirit are perfectly rounded at this moment, having reached a certain peak. If I delay any longer, I'm afraid I'll decline from that peak... By then, even if I obtain some treasures, I'll have gained a twilight air in my heart. I'm afraid the loss will outweigh the gain..."
This feeling was profound and mysterious, and only the cultivator herself could grasp it accurately.
Moreover, for an Ascended Cultivator, the pursuit of a higher realm had almost become instinctive.
Hearing this, Shui Lingxin could no longer advise her.
Several months later.
The Wilderness.
Fang Xi transformed into a streak of black escaping light and continued downward along the