Lu Heng shook his head and said,
"The Heavenly Star Mountain Range is very close to Starfall Pavilion, one of the Four Directions Pavilions. If there really were a place of opportunity there, Starfall Pavilion would have claimed it long ago.
"So this so-called opportunity you heard about, Senior Sister, is almost certainly a trap laid by cultivators to kill people and steal their treasures. If you're only seeking a chance to break through, there's no need to wade into those muddy waters."
Cao Yue lowered her head and said quietly,
"But... I can't keep standing still forever. Ying'er is far more talented than I am, and she's already touching the peak of the sixth grade.
"And you've already reached Dou Zun. You can even produce eighth-rank high-level pills with effortless ease.
"I may carry the title of genius in the Cao Clan, but I know perfectly well that if I don't take a gamble now, this is as far as I'll ever go."
Cao Yue pressed both hands against her knees, her nails digging slightly into her plain-colored skirt.
She had been outstanding among the Cao Clan's branch families and had grown up surrounded by praise. Only after arriving at the main clan in Saint Dan City had she realized there was always another sky beyond the sky.
Later, she had entered Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy and fought her way to the forefront with everything she had, believing she would at least have a place for herself when she returned to the Central Plains.
But reality was cruel.
Cao Ying had been accepted as Xuankong Zi's disciple at fifteen, and by seventeen, she was already approaching the peak sixth-grade level.
Lu Heng was even more outrageous. He had still been a boy back in the Jia Ma Empire,