Seeing that Ning Wangshu seemed to be pondering something, Gong Shiyu did not dare disturb him. She merely waited quietly at the side.
After quite a while, Ning Wangshu came back to his senses. He looked at Gong Shiyu again, smiled, and asked, "By the way, Miss Gong, is your master well? And how has your Yunqing Sect been?"
Hearing this, Gong Shiyu hurriedly replied, "Reporting to you, Senior, my master and the Yunqing Sect have been well these past years."
After a brief pause, she added, "Ever since you reclaimed our sect for the Yunqing Sect and wiped out the Heavenly Demon Sect and Xuan Yin Sect back then, no one in the entire Southern Ridge has dared provoke us again."
"Over these past several thousand years, under Master's diligent leadership, the Yunqing Sect has steadily grown stronger and flourished. Now, we have nearly returned to the peak glory we enjoyed when Ancestor Master Yunmiao was still alive."
"And a thousand years ago, Master stepped down as sect master and passed the position on to this junior."
"Furthermore, Master's cultivation has now reached the peak of the Body Integration Realm and is currently in closed-door cultivation, attempting to break through to the Tribulation Realm!"
Ning Wangshu nodded in understanding and said with considerable satisfaction, "That is good. Your Ancestor Master Yunmiao was exceptionally gifted back then, but regrettably, he ultimately failed to cross the threshold of the Tribulation Realm."
"Now that your Yunqing Sect has returned to its former glory, I believe that if your ancestor master's spirit remains, he will surely be immensely gratified!"
After saying this, Ning Wangshu glanced at the Purple-Gold Cloud-Pattern Umbrella at the side and said, "Take back this Half Immortal Artifact. Once you refine it, with this treasure in hand and your cultivation,