"The rumors from the Northern Domain?"
Ye Hongluan froze again, unable to react for a moment.
"Mm."
Ye Xuan nodded and said gravely, "That's right! The rumors about a so-called 'Half-Immortal' appearing in the Northern Domain, someone who surpassed Mahayana Earth Immortals!"
Hearing this, Ye Hongluan finally came to her senses. Her body jolted, and she suddenly widened her eyes and cried out, "Grand Ancestor, you mean... Senior Ning, h-he's the so-called 'Half-Immortal' from those rumors in the Northern Domain!?"
Ye Xuan could only give another wry smile and nod. "If nothing unexpected happened, I'm afraid so!"
"Th-this..."
Ye Hongluan stood there dumbfounded, mouth agape. For a moment, she didn't know what to say. Her eyes were simply filled with shock.
Seeing her reaction, Ye Xuan couldn't help explaining, "Of the Tianzun-level figures who appeared from the Three Great Holy Lands earlier, I could tell from their auras that even the weakest had reached the middle Mahayana Stage. None of them were merely at the early Mahayana Stage."
"Three auras were clearly much stronger than that one, a whole level above it. If nothing unexpected happened, those should have belonged to three Earth Immortal Giants!"
"But there were also three other auras, far stronger still! It goes without saying that they must have been peak experts at the Mahayana Stage!"
"What level of cultivation do you think someone must have to kill three peak experts, three Earth Immortal Giants, and a Tianzun at the middle Mahayana Stage with a single palm strike?"
"Could he possibly be nothing more than a peak expert?"
"Other than the so-called 'Half-Immortal' mentioned in those rumors from the Northern Domain, there's no other possibility!"
Ye Xuan's explanation left Ye Hongluan completely stunned. Breathing rapidly, she murmured in disbelief, "A H-Half-Immortal!?"
"Senior Ning... H-he's actually the