Inside Star Origin Palace, after Spirit Rainbow Fairy left, another figure walked in.
At that moment, the tea mist in the palace had yet to disperse, lending the entire hall a slightly mysterious air.
If Ye Jingcheng had been here, he would have seen that the newcomer was none other than True Lord Xu Huai, with whom he had once crossed paths in the Earth Immortal Realm.
Though the latter's cultivation was still at Nascent Soul Middle Stage, he had already improved by quite a bit and was only a hair's breadth from Nascent Soul Late Stage.
"Congratulations, Junior Brother Xu Huai," True Lord Xingyuan said in congratulation.
"I haven't broken through, so what is there to congratulate? I've merely made a little more progress." True Lord Xu Huai waved a hand.
Though at the Nascent Soul level, any progress at all was already remarkable—after all, many Nascent Soul Cultivators, even after forming their Nascent Soul, remained stuck at Nascent Soul Early Stage and could no longer advance by even an inch—
his standards for himself were by no means low. This time, he had brought back quite a few fine treasures from the Earth Immortal Realm, yet the result of his attempt at breakthrough was only this. Naturally, he could hardly be considered very satisfied.
"On the contrary, Senior Brother Xingyuan, during these days, you have repeatedly rendered meritorious service in the sect. All our senior and junior brothers are envious," True Lord Xu Huai said again.
"Junior Brother, stop right there. Those merits have nothing to do with me." True Lord Xingyuan repeatedly raised his hand as he spoke.
"Junior Brother should instead tell me Martial Uncle's instructions."
"There aren't any special instructions. Martial Uncle only said to have the Ye Family members take on some safe missions,