Under normal circumstances, a Life Wheel cultivator needed only a few months to break through to the Yin Fish Realm. Success or failure would become clear within that time. Only those with especially powerful Life Wheels took longer, but even then, it would never exceed a year. Xu Yi had been missing for a full three years.
Even Shao Yong, who had always thought highly of him, had already assumed he had perished. Now Xu Yi had suddenly appeared before him, having reached the Yin Fish Realm. How could Shao Yong not be overjoyed? Yinghai Peak had produced another Yin Fish powerhouse in the span of twenty years—and a genius among Yin Fish cultivators, at that.
His gaze seemed to pierce the future, where he saw the position of Southern Pole Sect's Sect Master falling to Yinghai Peak's branch. As long as Xu Yi stayed the course and firmly pursued that goal, none of it was impossible. If it came to pass, Shao Yong felt he could face the rest of his life with no regrets. He would not have failed his late master's expectations.
"The dangers along the way are too much to put into words. Fortunately, I finally made it through. I'm sorry to have kept Peak Master worried." Xu Yi smiled and clasped his hands.
Shao Yong waved a hand. "What Peak Master? You should be calling me Senior Brother now. I only hope you don't end up becoming my grand-uncle someday, haha..."
In the immortal sects, seniority was usually determined by one's cultivation realm. There was one exception, though: a true master who had formally accepted a disciple and imparted the Dao and knowledge to them. Such a bond was as weighty as a father's; once a master, always a father. Ye Zhifan and Elder Meng,