"What's wrong? You've been absentminded a lot lately."
After entering the city, finding Ye City's most luxurious inn, and booking two superior rooms, Xu Yue spoke to Shan Xiumei, who was staring off into space.
The Ye Family had produced Outer Scenery masters in the past and possessed a Treasure Soldier that had guarded them for years. With the Ye Family's support, Xu Yue did not need to worry about money at all when traveling.
For such worldly comforts, he chose nothing but the best.
"N-Nothing. I just miss home a little. It's my first time being so far away from home."
Shan Xiumei revealed a radiant smile, but it could not conceal the anxiety in her eyes.
She was the Mystic Maiden Successor's incarnation, born in response to fate. Her path emphasized the dual cultivation of spirit and flesh. She needed to invest genuine feelings and had no need to suppress them.
Yet she was ultimately only an incarnation. Once her cultivation reached completion, she would inevitably be reclaimed and become nourishment for the Mystic Maiden's true self. Only when the Mystic Maiden Successor began to prove her Dharmakaya would there be a chance for one incarnation to seize control from the many.
But that hope was exceedingly slim.
And yet, though this had only just begun, she already felt as if her response to fate was nearing completion!
These days had been far too blissful, a bliss that spread from her toes to the tips of her hair, something she could never have imagined before.
Moreover, the effects on her cultivation were terrifying.
Though she was still at Six Apertures, she somehow felt that she could now faintly threaten her true self.
Perhaps it was precisely because her strength had risen too quickly that she was about to