Soul-Repelling City, Venerable Golden Swan's grand hall.
Chu Yanqing, dressed in Qixuan Valley's plain white Daoist robes, walked out from within.
After leaving the hall, she bowed toward it once more.
Only then did she depart.
Inside the hall were Zhao Deli and Venerable Golden Swan.
"Venerable, it seems that Ziji truly found a treasure capable of breaking through to Void Refinement. He simply has not gone there," Zhao Deli said. Having reached the peak of Spirit Transformation in recent years, he had effectively become Venerable Golden Swan's trusted confidant.
He also knew that Venerable Golden Swan had once pointed Ziji of Qixuan Valley toward a path to seek the Void Return Fruit.
"That is normal. He was originally a descendant of Qixuan Valley. He is probably somewhat short on spiritual medicines, but not by much. After searching so vigorously all these years, even if he cannot refine a Void Return Pill, he should still be able to gather two or three supplementary spiritual medicines."
"Although spiritual medicines for breaking through to Void Refinement do not raise the odds of success all that much, paired with a suitable cultivation art, the chance of success is still considerable. Moreover, Ziji seems to have become somewhat extreme after Crimson Phoenix's death. Still, I do not think highly of his odds of succeeding in the end." Venerable Golden Swan shook his head.
His words left Zhao Deli somewhat puzzled.
"My lord, you even sold him a Seventh Stage Spirit-Gathering Formation. Why are you not optimistic?"
"It is not that I am doubtful of the breakthrough itself. I am doubtful that he can successfully emerge from seclusion, and that he can survive the lightning tribulation." Venerable Golden Swan spoke with deeper meaning.
The other party's spirit mountain lay in Blue Star Mountain Ridge of