Green Maple Valley's rear mountain.
At the mountain peak, the void rippled open once more.
Li Xinge emerged with his hands clasped behind his back.
He stood at the cliff's edge.
Letting the mountain wind brush against his face and stir his long hair.
He raised his head and gazed at the azure heavens, remaining silent for a long while.
The Grand Elder followed close behind.
He looked at Li Xinge's back.
Paused for a moment.
Then asked, "Patriarch, is there something wrong with that child, Chengji?"
Li Xinge did not answer immediately.
Only after the time it took to drink half a cup of tea.
Did he slowly speak. "I saw someone's shadow in that child's body."
Upon hearing this.
The Grand Elder's eyes abruptly widened.
He blurted out, "Who?"
Li Xinge did not beat around the bush. He slowly spoke two words.
"Sacred Venerable."
The Grand Elder's pupils instantly contracted.
He said in utter shock, "Sacred Venerable? How is that possible? Wasn't he killed by the Princess Royal, his soul scattered and destroyed?"
Li Xinge shook his head.
"I witnessed the Sacred Venerable's death with my own eyes. However, his True Spirit was taken away by the Heavenly Dao."
"True Spirit?"
"Hiss."
The Grand Elder could not help drawing in a sharp breath.
What did a True Spirit signify?
Only a Heavenly Human Saint could condense a True Spirit.
If the True Spirit remained, the Heavenly Human would not die.
The Sacred Venerable was a Heavenly Human?
The instant this absurd notion arose.
The Grand Elder swiftly rejected it.
If the Sacred Venerable had been a Heavenly Human.
How could he have been slain by the Princess Royal?
He could have crushed the Princess Royal to death with one hand.
At some point, Li Xinge had turned around.