Sumiao had truly not expected Qu Jianlei to give a definite answer.
She knew it would be very impolite to keep asking, but she simply could not help herself. "How did Feng Mountain Lord perform the Divination back then?"
Xiaomeng and Qu Jianlei both fell silent. How were they supposed to answer a question like that?
Feng Jun, however, replied with a smile. "In the end, it was fate. I don't quite believe it myself, but it really succeeded. If there were another Peak Emergence from Dust cultivator, there would be no way I could manage it."
Unfortunately, none of the other three True Adepts believed him.
Sumiao could not help asking Qu Jianlei, "What price did you pay to persuade Feng Mountain Lord?"
That question could be answered. Qu Jianlei smiled and asked, "Feng Mountain Lord has a rule called Save One, Kill One."
"I know that," Sumiao said with a smile and a nod. "Feng Mountain Lord has the same rule for certain Supreme Clarity Sect disciples. You really were... quite lucky."
In her impression, Qu Jianlei was an utterly hopeless case. She did not know about such secrets as his previous failure to achieve Core Embrace, but she had heard plenty of assessments saying that he was advanced in years and had no hope of reaching Core Embrace.
In other words, someone whom everyone believed was destined to die within a few years had actually succeeded in achieving Core Embrace. In Sumiao's eyes, while it certainly could not compare to that old man who achieved Core Embrace beneath the Immortal Bamboo at the age of four hundred and fifty, it still counted as a heaven-defying opportunity.
She felt Feng Jun's terms were not excessive at all. With such heaven-defying ability, it would have been perfectly normal for