After giving her instructions, the Nether King flickered her sleeve and departed, sitting cross-legged alone amidst the Immortal Pool Spirit Liquid.
Her three flowers gathered at the crown, and her hands formed a peculiar seal as a massive surge of vital energy converged toward her from all directions, rushing into her body like a roaring river.
Nie Wushuang narrowed her eyes to survey her surroundings, and upon using her divine sense to spot a distant giant star enveloped in heavenly fire-seeming to gleam with a flash of insight-she immediately tucked her legs and sat cross-legged as well, unleashing her immortal aperture and circulating her Dao techniques to hone her foundation.
The spiritual energy here was incomparably dense, and with the residual vital energy evaporating from the Immortal Pool Spirit Liquid, it was more than enough for an immortal aperture practitioner to enter secluded cultivation.
Murong Ziyao's gaze flickered as she cast a deep look toward Xu Yan, clenching her palms.
"You... did you and Master plot this long ago?" Murong Ziyao asked with a frown, her tone sounding somewhat hesitant and awkward.
Xu Yan glanced at her, initially wanting nothing to do with her, but considering that she had now been taken in as a successor disciple by the Nether King, he figured he shouldn't be too harsh on her either.
Moreover, she currently lacked her usual haughty arrogance and disdainful demeanor toward everything, making her a somewhat easier sight to bear; Xu Yan nodded and offhandedly replied, "Your guess is correct."
Murong Ziyao bit her lower lip, paused for a moment, and then continued, "When we return to the Divine Sect, help me inform the Kui Island elders in the sect that I... am not returning to the Divine Sect for the time being."
Upon hearing this, Xu Yan