About three days later, Ancestral Patriarch Hewi appeared before Feng Jun and the others.
A trace of worry lingered between his brows, but he still forced a smile. "May I ask, Feng Mountain Lord, how is the Soul Division refinement progressing?"
"To erase its independent consciousness will still take some time," Feng Jun answered seriously, then displayed the lamp. "Senior, you may see for yourself. It carries the aura of the Body Integration Stage, after all; it cannot be erased in a short time. Why not try it yourself?"
Hewi did not inspect it. Instead, he raised a hand and calculated, then sighed with a frown. "Jiuling's condition... is not especially stable yet. With this strand of Divine Thought, he should be fine. But as a fellow disciple, how could I erase his Divine Thought?"
No one responded to that. After a while, Qian Zhong snorted softly. "This Divine Thought is already an aberration. What is wrong with erasing it?"
Hewi hesitated, then looked to Feng Jun. "I wonder whether I might trouble the elders of Feng Mountain Lord's sect..."
"No." Feng Jun shook his head decisively. "Senior Jiuling is a great cultivator of the Formation Dao. My sect will not do such a thing."
"I'll take responsibility for it!" Hewi was exceptionally decisive when making a decision. "If anyone takes issue with it, I will explain matters myself."
"This is a matter of principle," Feng Jun replied solemnly. "My sect is not afraid of trouble, but neither will it stir up trouble for no reason."
"Two Extreme Spirit Stones!" Hewi knew this man's weakness and did not waste words.
"This is not a matter of Extreme Spirit Stones... Fine, two Extreme Spirit Stones are too few!" Feng Jun declared seriously. "At least five!"
"Five?" Ancestral Patriarch Hewi's eyelids twitched