"Hm?" Qin Shaofeng abruptly opened his eyes. An aged figure had appeared beside him without his noticing. Was this not the mysterious elder who had previously guided him in cultivating the Nine Transformations of the Firmament?
"You... hadn't you already left? Why have you..." Qin Shaofeng was so startled that he could not find his words.
The elder merely smiled faintly. "I told you that across the realms of yin and yang, the day of our reunion would eventually come. Only now, seeing that you have the strength to stand on your own, have I appeared here again."
"Senior, do you have a way to break through the Hall Suppressing Grand Formation?" Qin Shaofeng asked, brimming with hope.
"Hehe, if I did, why would I have remained trapped here for so long back then?" The elder shook his head, then gave Qin Shaofeng a meaningful look. "But perhaps you might have a way."
"Me?" Qin Shaofeng was even more astonished.
"Do you still remember the power that erupted within you when you were condensing the hand seal at your chest?" the elder reminded him.
Realization dawned on Qin Shaofeng. "Could... could that have been the legendary 'power of right mindfulness'?"
"Indeed." The elder nodded. "That power is the purest embodiment of a cultivator's Dao Heart. Though difficult to perceive, once awakened, its might is boundless! Back then, dozens of us entered this ancient hall, but in the end, only one junior brother managed to barely escape with his life by relying on that power. Now that you have awakened it again, perhaps this is heaven's will!"
Hearing this, Qin Shaofeng's heart surged with emotion. He had never imagined that he could form such a wondrous connection with the ancient cultivators.
"Senior, do you mean I should use this 'power of