Shen Changchuan was the first to see You Longzi after he emerged from seclusion.
At this moment, You Longzi's
injuries from the backlash of his failed breakthrough into the Mysterious Pill realm had completely healed.
He had also barely accepted the reality of his failed breakthrough.
What else could he do?
Even if he refused to accept it,
whether he accepted it or not,
reality remained there,
unchangeable!
For You Longzi to have come this far step by step, rising from an ordinary Inner Sect disciple of the Immortal Sect to become one of the Seven Sons of the Immortal Sect,
he had never been some flower raised in a greenhouse, one that withered away forever after suffering a setback.
Even so,
Shen Changchuan could clearly see that a few more strands of gray-white hair had appeared at his temples.
Moreover, the spirited vigor once hidden within his expression had faded away, replaced more or less by a shade of desolation.
Sitting opposite him, Shen Changchuan could also more or less sense the regret in his heart.
Accepting reality was one thing,
but the regrets contained within reality were not so easily worn away.
What was more,
his Master and grandmaster had placed Ten Thousand Ren Peak's final hope upon him,
seeking out numerous Heavenly Treasures and countless precious resources for him,
all to nurture someone from the next generation who could shoulder Ten Thousand Ren Peak.
Yet in the end,
he had failed!
He had let down Qian Yuan True Person and Old Ancestor Banshan's expectations.
At the same time,
he had nearly sealed off his own path to the Mysterious Pill realm from this day onward.
Such a crushing failure—
even if he had forced himself to accept it, how could it possibly not affect his state of