"Disciple Mo Lingshu requests an audience with the Supreme Elder Lingyun!"
Outside a vast floating island in the Spirit Martial Grotto-Heaven, Mo Lingshu stood in midair and bowed in greeting.
Immortal mountains and spiritual veins covered the island, with rare treasures and exotic beasts scattered everywhere. Astonishing waves of spiritual energy coiled through the air, while a dark gray palace stretched across the void, exuding an ancient aura from the primeval wilderness.
The instant Mo Lingshu spoke, a pulling force came from within the palace and drew him inside.
Lingyun wore a simple robe and sat cross-legged on the floor, her expression calm.
"Supreme Elder, I..."
"Is this about Shi Lan?" Lingyun seemed to already know why Mo Lingshu had come.
"Indeed. Given Junior Sister Shi Lan's talent, I believe she has no need to risk entering the Divine Martial Otherworld."
When Lingyun gave a slight shake of her head, Mo Lingshu's voice grew faint. "Not everyone who entered the Divine Martial Otherworld in the past managed to attain the Dao..."
"Lingshu, I know you're kindhearted and don't want to see your fellow disciple in danger," Lingyun said calmly. "Everyone has their own tribulations. Even if she avoids this one, can you stay by her side every moment from now on?"
Mo Lingshu fell silent. He had been in the Supreme realm for many years and naturally understood what Lingyun meant by tribulation. The higher one's cultivation, the more wary one became of the fate woven in the unseen.
"Tribulations cannot be avoided. If this one is written in her fate, then even if she doesn't enter the Divine Martial Otherworld, she will face it somewhere else in the future. Life and death have long been decided; neither you nor I can change them. Do you understand?" A complex look