The woman's expression darkened slightly at his words. How long had it been since someone last criticized her?
And the one before her was merely a Mid Emergence from Dust cultivator.
But after a moment's thought, she smiled faintly and vanished abruptly. "I was the presumptuous one."
The next moment, someone knocked on the door. Feng Jun personally stepped forward to open it, then cupped his hands. "Welcome, Senior."
"I do not care for such formalities." The woman in the tall crown waved a hand and walked straight in, taking the seat of honor. "I am Xia Nishang, an old remnant barely clinging to life, not counted among Red Phoenix's nine Golden Cores."
"Supreme Elder, please do not joke like that," Sun Rongxun hurriedly said. Then she looked at Feng Jun. "Supreme Elder Xia is Red Phoenix's True Adept with the greatest hope of achieving Nascent Soul Formation. She merely disappeared more than a hundred years ago."
Feng Jun looked at Xia Nishang in surprise. "I have always been somewhat puzzled. Can Kun Hao achieve Nascent Soul Formation?"
"Of course." Xia Nishang answered casually, then asked with interest, "What about after this little girl becomes an Artifact Spirit? Will she remain forever in the Glory Merit Hall?"
"Of course not. Would something like this even require my advice?" Feng Jun spread his hands. "After becoming an Artifact Spirit, she can still cultivate. Perhaps once she reaches Core Embrace, it could count as a successful third Nirvana... I have not matched it with any methods, though. I am merely speculating."
"Oh?" Xia Nishang raised a brow, and a smile appeared at the corner of her lips. "So that is indeed the case. The Golden Crow Sect's Three Nirvanas have revealed a new possibility... It makes sense. Very much so."
After waiting