It was precisely because of this that a True Venerable leaving Heavenly Zither was fundamentally different in nature from a Nascent Soul cultivator doing so.
This was a common choice. Most of the time, True Venerables would not betray Heavenly Zither's interests.
Ku Xin had returned to recuperate for several centuries, so he should have recovered by now. In a situation like this, hiding away was the safest course.
Xuanyuan Buqi said with a dark expression, "Then he'd better not come back even after reaching Spirit Severing!"
Qian Zhong, however, said casually, "How could Spirit Severing be so easy to achieve? I think he's more likely to perish outside!"
Yi Jue muttered in a low voice, "I hope he comes back a little later, after I..."
She had wanted to say after she reached Spirit Severing, but that seemed somewhat presumptuous. After all, she had only achieved Soul Emergence a few years ago.
Seeing this, Jiu Si secretly curled his lip. With these people keeping such close watch on Ku Xin, he probably won't have another chance to rise again.
Then he glanced at Feng Jun, and inwardly sighed even more. Once this one grows up, he'll be even more terrifying.
Feng Jun was somewhat puzzled by the inexplicable look Jiu Si gave him.
But what concerned him more was this: "Have Ku Xin True Venerable's disciples all been taken down?"
Ku Xin was over four thousand years old and did not have many direct disciples—only three. One of them had died before reaching Nascent Soul Formation.
However, those two disciples had taken in many disciples of their own. There were now eight Nascent Soul cultivators in total, along with over a hundred Golden Core cultivators.
Interestingly, none of these disciples were Thieving Vein cultivators. No one knew whether that