After much discussion and many arguments, some gossip-loving disciples arrived at a compromise estimate. They believed that Ye Tian would need roughly three hundred years to advance from early stage Void Returning to Void Returning peak.
One had to know that this figure already exceeded the time taken by nearly all of the high-level cultivators in the Sanctuary who had reached the Enlightenment stage or even the True Immortal stage.
Although some refused to accept it, when they considered that Ye Tian had withstood Daoist Zi Xiao's two attacks, three hundred years was still a claim that could bear scrutiny in the face of such a remarkable fact.
After reaching this conclusion that convinced most people, disciples soon brought it up when they visited Ye Tian for guidance, asking whether he himself believed he could break through from early stage Void Returning to Void Returning peak within three hundred years.
Ye Tian's answer came without a moment's thought.
No.
This answer undoubtedly disappointed the disciple who had asked the question.
He felt that even if Ye Tian believed he could not break through in such a short time, he should at least have confidence.
Just as those who truly became immortals were few and far between, yet every cultivator firmly believed that they would one day reach the True Immortal stage.
He had thought that, given Ye Tian's current accomplishments, he should hold himself to even harsher standards. Forget three hundred years—he should have taken Fairy Qing Xia's two hundred years, or even Zuo Qiu Yi's one hundred years, as his goal.
Before long, this answer spread as well.
While disappointed by Ye Tian's lack of confidence, everyone recalled how he had concealed his cultivation over the previous ten-odd years and could not help suspecting that he had said it