Luo Yingying had never really given these matters much thought before, but now that she considered them, it did seem to make sense.
Even the Spirit King himself could not break through the Spirit King's sleeping chamber. That showed just how formidable its defenses were.
Was such protection not enough? Was there really any need to guard and protect it so strictly?
"I'm not too sure about that." Luo Yingying answered somewhat sheepishly. Feeling that simply admitting she did not know was inappropriate, she added, "Actually, more than ten years ago, the Spirit King's sleeping chamber was not guarded by many people. If many powerful cultivators had doubts, they would go there to see the Spirit King and ask for his opinion. Even some time ago, the Spirit King had people from the Heavenly Venerate Pavilion go to the Spirit Realm and cooperate with the Spirit Realm people to bring them back."
"All of that was the Spirit King's idea."
Yang Chen nodded as he listened. The people from the Spirit Realm coming to the Heavenly Venerate Pavilion for intensive cultivation had indeed been the Spirit King's idea. He knew that much. The Great Ascension Stage cultivators who had previously gone to the Spirit Realm had all said so.
"And after that?" Yang Chen asked.
"At first, the results were very good. We had originally thought that the Spirit Realm people had poor talent. But among those who came from the Spirit Realm, outstanding talents such as Zhang Xuelian, Lord Jin, and Li Chongxiao emerged one after another. Three of the Twelve Shadow Specters came from them. That showed the Spirit King's foresight. Training Spirit Realm people to fight the Underworld people was an absolutely viable method. The Southern Realm has even begun bringing in a second batch of talent