"Master, have you returned alone this time?"
Upon returning to Thousand Absolute Ridge, Bei Ji Tianzun could no longer restrain himself and immediately asked.
After all, before Ning Wangshu left, he had specifically told him that someone might come here to cultivate in the future carrying his token, or Ning Wangshu might personally bring someone here.
Now, a thousand years had passed in the Cangyuan Realm since Ning Wangshu's departure, yet no one had come here carrying Ning Wangshu's token during that time.
And now Ning Wangshu had returned, yet he was alone.
Naturally, Bei Ji Tianzun could not help but find this rather surprising.
Hearing this, Ning Wangshu casually said, "Some changes have occurred in this matter. The person I mentioned to you before who might come here to cultivate will not be coming for the time being."
After a brief pause, Ning Wangshu continued, "This time, This Seat has returned to undergo closed-door cultivation here."
"I see..."
Bei Ji Tianzun was suddenly enlightened.
At that moment, Ning Wangshu glanced at Bei Ji Tianzun and said with a smile, "Bei Ji, it seems your cultivation has improved considerably over the years. You've already successfully stepped into the Half-Immortal realm."
Bei Ji Tianzun smiled bashfully and said, "It is all thanks to the Immortal Stones Master left for this humble servant before departing."
After a pause, he continued, "It was only a hundred or so years ago that this humble servant finally felt that my cultivation had reached the utmost limit of the Mahayana Stage. Only then did I begin using the Immortal Stones bestowed by Master to temper my physical body, primordial spirit, and spiritual power."
"Unfortunately, the time has still been too short. Over these hundred or so years, this humble servant has only transformed about half of