"That's it? With aptitude like that, he's rather ordinary..."
A thousand miles away.
The black-robed elder watched as the tribulation clouds began to disperse after three waves of heavenly tribulation. He shook his head, disappointment showing on his face.
Refining a ghost-path clone would consume his essence, so he would not do it without a suitable candidate.
This young man in the Spirit Transformation Realm had finished his Lesser Heavenly Tribulation after a mere three waves. His aptitude was mediocre, hardly worth wasting essence on.
The black-robed elder lost interest in Chen Changming. He turned and entered the cave dwelling where he lived in seclusion, paying the matter no further attention.
"Looks like there were only three waves after all..."
As Chen Changming watched the tribulation clouds vanish and the sky clear, he shook his head with a rueful smile.
There was helplessness in his smile, and a touch of self-mockery. He looked up at the sky, swiftly returning to a clear blue, and felt something he could not quite name.
"Even though I cultivate faster than many geniuses with Heavenly Spirit Roots in the Spirit Realm, the cover Senior Lotus Root Segment placed over me still makes my aptitude look rather ordinary to the Spirit Realm's Heavenly Dao..."
Chen Changming murmured to himself.
The concealment Senior Lotus Root Segment had placed within him had shielded him from countless prying eyes, but it had also led the Heavenly Dao to mistake his aptitude for something unremarkable.
That cover was a double-edged sword. It kept him safe, but it also cost him some of the Heavenly Dao's favor.
Chen Changming knew there were benefits and drawbacks, and dwelling on them now would do no good. He shook the stray thoughts from his mind and flew back toward his cave dwelling.
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