In Ming Capital, there was no possibility of child trafficking, so he let the little girl go to school by herself every day without much worry.
She was only somewhat lax about school, after all. Cultivation relied on faith, not proper training.
She would usually leave class halfway through and return to the slums to help others, never forgetting where she came from.
If there really were any cases of child trafficking, a single Boundless Divine Light would blast the perpetrators straight down from the sky.
At the end of the day, Ya Li was still only a child not yet seven years old.
He was at ease letting Ya Li leave on her own, yet he still felt uneasy about her returning to that place to help others.
Human nature was wicked, with no lower limit.
Gu Chen did not wait long before Ya Li returned once more.
"A-Ming, I'm back."
Joy filled Ya Li's face. Her aura seemed to have just undergone a breakthrough and was completely impossible to restrain.
Two Spirit Rings around her radiated emerald divine light.
Without a doubt, not yet seven years old and with less than a month having passed since her Martial Soul awakened, the owner of the Prayer Angel Martial Soul had already cultivated to the level of a two-ringed Soul Grandmaster.
That talent was already exceptionally impressive.
After all, Gu Chen had never been stingy with his guidance or knowledge.
Faced with Ya Li's joy and delight at her breakthrough, Gu Chen praised her briefly before bringing up his plan and the excuse he had prepared in advance.
"Ya Li, I may need to enter seclusion for a while."
"It will probably be a long time. Maybe... half a year, or perhaps two years."
As soon as he said that,