"Mm..."
As they spoke, Gu Hui suddenly frowned and looked toward Gu Sword Manor.
It was a vague intuition, yet with his realm, he had actually sensed an indescribable fluctuation.
"Father, what is it?"
"Your brother has left!"
"What?" Gu Nian's face filled with sorrow at his words.
"Enough. Perhaps it is a good thing. I only hope he remains safe and sound."
Gu Nian was confused. "Brother?"
Gu Hui said, "I can neither explain nor describe it. It is merely a feeling.
I sensed that your brother's Primordial Spirit seemed to have left.
After losing all hope of reaching a higher realm, he must have risked everything and gone into the unknown."
"Brother will surely be safe." The sorrow on Gu Nian's face eased somewhat, turning into worry.
"Alas, Brother possessed great perseverance, yet I have not even reached Innate Great Perfection."
"Take it slowly. Your junior brother Junbao is at about the same level as you, while Xiang'er is slightly weaker.
Strive to comprehend your realm and live as long as possible.
When there is truly no other way, when all hope of a higher realm is gone, you can only risk everything like Wei'er and venture into the unknown."
Hearing Gu Hui's words, Gu Nian nodded. Though she was only around a hundred years old and still had a long lifespan ahead of her, time waited for no one.
After saying farewell, she left the manor and entered the mortal world to temper her heart.
Tempering the heart for a time, then finding a place to enter seclusion and seek enlightenment—this was the cultivation method of her, Zhang Sanfeng, Guo Xiang, and Mu Nianci.
Mu Nianci's talent and comprehension might not have matched theirs, but they were not poor either. Otherwise, after Hong Qigong had casually taught