A Probe

Xie Ying'er left the central region of the Ghostly Mist, found a reef, then tore away the layers of Dharma robes wrapped around her body, revealing her graceful figure and lovely face. Only then did her cultivation at perfected Core Formation reveal itself.

If anyone had been there, they would surely have been struck speechless. This woman was merely at perfected Core Formation—how could she possess the pills used by Dividing the Spirit cultivators and buy that Buddhist Dharma Protector Mysterious Fire?

After shedding all her disguises, she vigilantly scanned the surroundings, then made a hand gesture. At that moment, another black-clad figure swiftly approached and removed her mask, revealing herself to be a white-haired old woman.

Xie Ying'er's usually frosty expression now carried a trace of delight. She first returned her master's belongings, then lovingly held a translucent jade bottle and looked at her master as she asked, "Master, can this... really be given to me for refinement?"

The old woman—the sect leader of the Shen Yan Ye Lian Sect, Bai Lianxun, a mid-stage Dividing the Spirit cultivator—forced out a dry smile. "If you do not refine it, who will? Our Shen Yan Ye Lian Sect boasts of 'Double Lotus, its might only revealed together.' It has always required two people to accomplish. For ages, our sect has been mocked because of this. But, Ying'er, you are different..."

The old woman's finger gently touched the ancestral aperture between her disciple's brows. "You have already refined the Taiyi Wuwang Divine Flame, and now you have obtained this Buddhist Dharma Protector Mysterious Fire. You are the only genius in thousands of years who has any hope of completing Double Lotus alone!"

Xie Ying'er nodded, her expression deeply moved.

Old Woman Bai smiled, then earnestly told her disciple, "The Holy Emperor's Qionghua