Song Lingqing possessed a High-grade Immortal Bone. Upon entering the sect, she had been accepted as a disciple by a Grand Elder and ranked among the true disciples—a genuine Proud Son of Heaven with limitless prospects.
This was something everyone in the Phantom Spirit Sect knew.
Judging by Nightlight Pavilion's reaction, it was no longer a secret in Great Zhou, or even throughout the Four Directions Kingdoms.
Yet the information delivered by the panel was vastly different.
Chu Zheng would not doubt the panel, nor did he believe the Phantom Spirit Sect had made an error in judging Song Lingqing's Immortal Bone.
Without even needing much thought, Chu Zheng could conclude that the Phantom Spirit Sect had deliberately concealed this on its own.
With that, many things he had once been unable to understand now made sense.
Abandoning a disciple with a Mid-grade Immortal Bone would hurt the Phantom Spirit Sect somewhat, but it was hardly unacceptable. The Song Family was naturally even more dispensable.
A Mid-grade Immortal Bone and a High-grade Immortal Bone differed by only one tier, yet the actual gap between them was like the heavenly abyss.
Zhao Tingxian was a clear example—he had entered the Nascent Soul Realm at two hundred and become a Holy Land's Holy Son.
At that pace, Song Lingqing had been in the sect for over three years. No matter how slowly she cultivated, she should at least have reached the completion of the Spiritual Spring Realm, perhaps even prepared to Enter the Dao. She should not have only recently broken into the Spiritual Spring Realm.
Moreover, for the Myriad Sects Hidden Dragon Competition, they had sent only an Inner Sect Elder to accompany her. Clearly, they had not attached much importance to it.
As for why the Phantom Spirit Sect had