"Fellow Daoist Xuandu..."
Zhen Yuanzi's voice trembled, his eyes filled with incredulous delight.
"Y-you... are you telling the truth?!"
Xuandu smiled faintly.
"When have I ever deceived anyone?"
Zhen Yuanzi froze.
That was right.
Though Xuandu was deeply calculating and meticulous in his schemes, he had never lied.
He had never broken a promise.
Nor had he ever spoken falsely.
If he said that, after proving himself as an Earth Dao Sage, he could send Hong Yun's true spirit into Reincarnation and elevate the foundation of Hong Yun's reincarnated body...
Then it was true.
It could certainly be done.
Zhen Yuanzi slowly closed his eyes.
He took a deep breath and suppressed the surging joy and excitement in his heart.
When he opened his eyes again, an unprecedented determination filled the depths of his clear gaze.
"Fellow Daoist Xuandu."
He spoke slowly, his voice calm yet every word resounding.
"I am willing."
"I will offer the Earth Book to complete the Earth Dao."
As soon as those words fell, the branches and leaves of the Ginseng Fruit Tree whipped wildly!
Thirty Ginseng Fruits trembled violently, as though cheering for him!
Xuandu looked at him, and the smile on his lips deepened.
He nodded slightly.
"Good."
"Since you possess such resolve, I shall use the Qiankun Cauldron to refine the Earth Book for you."
He pointed at the Qiankun Cauldron.
"Please place the Earth Book into the cauldron."
Zhen Yuanzi nodded heavily.
He slowly raised his hand, and the rustic earthen-yellow tome appeared in his palm once more.
The Earth Book.
His Companion Spiritual Treasure, the foundation of his Dao Path, the culmination of countless yuanhui of painstaking effort.
Now, it rested silently in his palm, its earthen-yellow radiance flowing as patterns of mountains, rivers, and peaks shimmered clearly across its