Progenitor Fei's gaze grew distant. She slowly looked toward Hua Yunfei. "You're very much like that person, but you... aren't him."
Hua Yunfei fell silent, unsure how to respond.
Gong Qingyan looked at Hua Yunfei. So he was connected to a legendary being from history.
At last, some of the questions in her heart had been answered.
More than once, she had wondered why Hua Yunfei had been called the Hua Clan's strongest successor back in the Primordial Era. The more she learned about Kaoshan Sect's strength, the more puzzled she became.
It wasn't that she didn't believe in Hua Yunfei.
It was just that no matter how gifted a young person was, could a colossal force really call him its strongest before he had even come into his own?
Everyone's future was uncertain. Even if they truly believed in Hua Yunfei, they could have waited until he grew stronger before giving him that title. But Kaoshan Sect had bestowed it on him from the very beginning.
Then there was the ancestor's favoritism toward Hua Yunfei. At first, Gong Qingyan had thought it was simply affection for an outstanding disciple of the sect. Now she saw that wasn't the case at all. There had been another reason.
And then there was the Valley Master's alchemy. She had been willing to expend her cultivation to refine pills, betting on a future she might never even see. The chances of that paying off were slim. Even if she had wanted to do it, Kaoshan Sect shouldn't, by rights, have let her.
After all, taking such a risk for a future disciple was dangerous. There was no way to predict what might happen.
What status and strength did the Valley Master possess?
She had no need to do such a thing!
But what