What a jab to the heart! The thought fell silent for a long while before finally replying, "Does the number of subjects really matter that much?"
Feng Jun found this senior increasingly interesting, so he said, "The number of subjects doesn't matter, but having none at all would be rather embarrassing."
The thought was choked by those words and took a long time to respond. "Are you trying to provoke me?"
"I wouldn't dare." Feng Jun raised both hands and spoke solemnly. "Senior, spare me this once. I guarantee that I won't come to Mars again for the rest of my life, and I'll restrain my disciples from coming as well. How about that?"
"Disciples..." The thought sighed softly, but what it had caught onto was entirely different from Feng Jun's selling point. "A Golden Core True Adept should indeed have disciples. Though your bone age is under a hundred... how many Golden Core True Adepts are left on Blue Star? Has the number fallen below a hundred?"
"Blue Star... probably has only one Golden Core now." Feng Jun said "probably," but his tone was utterly certain.
"Only one?" The thought was somewhat curious. "Then what about Jade Ruins? How many are at the Emergence from Dust Stage?"
"On Blue Star, there are four Emergence from Dust cultivators that I know of," Feng Jun answered gravely. "Jade Ruins only has its sect master, who has just reached Emergence from Dust. My family has two, while the other one... transformed into an Artifact Spirit long ago."
He did not even mention Cinnabar Cloud Heaven by name. Against an old monster like this, he might still have some ability to resist, but if Ma Sanniang encountered it, she would only be left kneeling. Having her soul scattered would take but an instant,