The Cloth-Clad Elder gazed kindly at the White-Clad Woman and said with a smile, "Xiu'er, Grandpa will be going into seclusion for a while, so I won't be able to accompany you to the Wilderness Island."
"Grandpa, why are you always going into seclusion?"
The moment she heard that her grandfather did not want to accompany her, the White-Clad Woman called Xiu'er pouted, mist gathering in her eyes as she looked rather unhappy.
"Heh heh." The Cloth-Clad Elder smiled gently and rubbed Xiu'er's head. "Your grandfather has been conferred by the Immortal Alliance as the tenth Heavenly Venerable. Compared with the other nine Heavenly Venerables, my strength still falls quite far short. That is why Grandpa must make better use of his time to cultivate, and strive to climb out of last place as soon as possible."
"All right."
Xiu'er agreed reluctantly.
She also knew that the greater the honor, the greater the pressure.
As one of the Immortal Alliance's Ten Great Heavenly Venerables, he might have already reached the pinnacle of life in the eyes of the world, basking in limitless glory.
But in truth, she knew that her grandfather was under no small amount of pressure.
The Immortal Alliance's Ten Great Heavenly Venerables were evaluated once every hundred years.
Once someone stronger rose up, her grandfather would be squeezed out.
"Xiu'er, have your Uncle Tianlang accompany you to the Wilderness Island instead. Hasn't he always wanted to find that Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect? You can travel together and look after one another."
The Cloth-Clad Elder smiled.
"That works too."
Xiu'er answered, bade her grandfather farewell, and made her way to the cave residence of her uncle, Han Tianlang.
The Han Family was one of Great Qin's eight great aristocratic families.
For generations, they had lived on Stupa Mountain.