When Chen Changan and the others appeared, the Inner Sect Elder smiled and prepared to greet them.
But the moment he noticed their cultivation levels, his smile froze.
"The Ninth Layer of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm?"
"You... you've broken through to the Ninth Layer of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm?" The Inner Sect Elder looked incredulous.
He knew Chen Changan and the others were prodigies, but he had never imagined they were this extraordinary. Was cultivation really so easy for them?
Was this what prodigies were capable of? Was this the power of potential scores in the tens of millions—or even over a hundred million?
"Yes, we just broke through. Why?" Chen Changan asked with a smile.
"Do you know how long it took the most talented, fastest-advancing person in the Heavenly Profound Sect to go from the Seventh Layer of the Ultimate Mortal Transformation Realm to the ninth?"
"How long?" Da Huang asked curiously.
"Several years, even with the sect pouring everything into nurturing him and supplying every resource he could need."
"But you did it in half a year, without using any of the sect's resources."
"This..."
"You reached this point on nothing but the energy in the sect's environment?"
"If you had every resource at your disposal, how much could you shorten that time?"
Chen Changan considered the Inner Sect Elder's question carefully. How much shorter? That was hard to say, but he was certain they could cut it in half.
"Hard to say, but it shouldn't take that long."
"Elder, were you waiting here for us? Is something the matter?" Chen Changan asked curiously.
"Oh, right, right. I have important business with you."
"The sect master wants to see you. Come with me."
The sect master had summoned them?
Chen Changan and the others did