"No."
Elise shook her head, a barely perceptible trace of loneliness flashing through her purple eyes:
"He said he was going back to his homeland to handle some things.
"But he's been gone for almost two years now, without sending even a single message.
"I suppose... he's still back home."
"Is that so?"
Nether Phoenix Venerable narrowed her eyes slightly.
Then she looked at Elise and changed the subject:
"You're heading to the Origin Holy Temple in a couple of days, aren't you?"
"Yes!" Elise nodded.
Half a year ago, she had already broken through from eternal peak to Dominator Rank.
Now that her cultivation had stabilized and she had obtained an Origin Token from her mother, she planned to leave soon.
"Good."
Nether Phoenix Venerable nodded slightly. After a brief silence, she suddenly instructed:
"Once you reach the Origin Holy Temple, find an opportunity to approach Xu Jingming of the Human Race.
"Find out which Bloodline Secret Technique he practices."
"Xu Jingming?"
Elise froze for a moment.
She was certainly familiar with that name.
The peerless Human Race prodigy who had shaken the universe!
By now, his name had long since spread throughout the upper ranks of all seven races.
She simply did not understand why her mother would suddenly ask her to approach a human.
But since her mother had given the order, she would not ask unnecessary questions.
"I understand, Mother."
Elise nodded, then added:
"But Mother, Xu Jingming is an Immortal Dominator, after all.
"I'm only at the initial tribulation dominator rank now. I'm afraid..."
"It doesn't matter."
Nether Phoenix Venerable said calmly, "The Origin Holy Temple has its own rules. He wouldn't dare attack you there.
"You only need to approach him, observe him, and determine exactly which Bloodline Secret Technique he practices."
"Yes," Elise