That evening, Mo Hua was reading an Array Manual in the guest room while Bai Zisheng meditated beside him, regulating his breath.
Situ Fang knocked on the door and brought an elder inside, introducing him to Mo Hua. "This is Elder Jin. You should have met him before."
Mo Hua thought for a moment, then nodded and greeted him with a smile. "Greetings, Elder Jin."
A Foundation Establishment elder of the Situ Clan—Situ Jin.
Back in Nanyue City, when Mo Hua and his Senior Martial Brother had been capturing the Corpse Cultivator Zhang Quan, Situ Jin had lent them a hand.
More than ten years had passed, yet Situ Jin's appearance had scarcely changed.
Mo Hua, on the other hand, had grown older and was now a handsome young man.
Situ Jin glanced at Mo Hua. At first, his gaze was cautious, but after studying him for a while, he froze. Disbelief filled his face as he shook his head and sighed.
"Truly, heroes emerge in their youth... When Fang'er told me, I did not believe her. Yet who would have thought that in merely a dozen or so years...
"In the blink of an eye, young friend, you have already... reached the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage...
"It is truly... inconceivable... inconceivable..."
Situ Jin could not stop shaking his head, both astonished and ashamed.
In more than ten years, his own cultivation had advanced by only a negligible amount.
Yet Mo Hua, the young cultivator who had left such a deep impression on him back then, had gone from Ninth-Layer Qi Refining to the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage.
Such cultivation speed, even among the direct descendants of the Situ Clan, would absolutely make him the cream of the crop.
Back in Nanyue City, Situ Jin had needed to intervene personally