"Qiao'er has a special constitution. Even with my experience, I may not be able to completely resolve her predicament, but ensuring she enjoys a century of good health should be no problem. A supreme wood spirit body is exceedingly rare. Though her cultivation will be slow at first, with enough luck, she may one day tread the supreme path of immortality."
"Should she live as an ordinary woman, experiencing a century of joy and sorrow, or step onto the path of immortality? You and your wife, and Qiao'er herself, should think it over carefully."
Though Lu Xiaotian had cultivated to the Nascent Soul Realm, he held no prejudice against ordinary mortals. He, too, had begun as a mortal before attaining the Nascent Soul.
As the Yu couple left, Lu Xiaotian's words kept echoing in their minds. When they heard that he could ensure Qiao'er's health for a hundred years, they were greatly relieved.
But when they heard him say Qiao'er could also step onto the path of immortality, they couldn't help feeling torn again. They had no sons, and their daughter had come to them in middle age. Yu Xiaoqiao was their only child, and they cherished her dearly. If she began cultivating, she would likely spend far more time away from them than with them in the years to come.
Supreme wood spirit bodies came in several varieties. One was a manifest type, which most cultivators could recognize.
The other was a latent type, like Yu Xiaoqiao's. Ordinary cultivators would have no way of noticing it; even a common Nascent Soul patriarch might not detect it unless his Primordial Spirit was especially powerful.
Lu Xiaotian had wandered the cultivation world alone for many years and wasn't used to bringing others along. Part of it was simply his nature; another