At the disciple-acceptance ceremony held at Ascension Lake, Shen Mo bestowed upon little Yu Qingning a low-grade spirit sword, a set of Artifact Forging insights, and several bottles of pills of various grades, drawing envious looks from everyone present!
It was not that these rewards were particularly precious. More importantly, they represented what lay behind them... the esteem Shen Mo held for Yu Qingning, a mere Qi Gathering Realm disciple. He was the master of Qingyun Grotto, who held the lives and deaths of countless immortals and mortals within the grotto heaven in his hands; a Divine Bridge Realm True Lord whose fame beyond its borders rivaled that of a great cultivator of the Formless Realm; and the Red Flame Sect's authoritative sect leader, whose word was law.
Such treatment and expectations had previously been granted only to Fan Ying, the orphan of Jade Verdant Grotto, who had entered the Inner Sect years ago and formally become Jiang Lingfeng's disciple!
After watching the ceremony and returning to the Cloud-Viewing Mansion, Shen Mo began preparing for a long journey.
Zhao Lingyin, who spent every day and night with him, naturally noticed. Unable to resist asking, she said, "My husband, you are refining pills and preparing magic treasures... are you planning to travel abroad?"
"Yes. Before long, I intend to make a trip to East Jie Continent."
Shen Mo's cultivation had now entered a bottleneck. It was about time for him to go out and see the world, and he planned to first make a journey to East Jie Continent.
For one thing, under the blessing of his foundational Destiny [Heavenly Secret Protection], he would more or less encounter some fortunate opportunities during his travels. Perhaps one of them would help him break through this bottleneck.
If he stayed year after year