"Hm?"
Suddenly, Fang Qing felt a stir in his heart. His face lit up with wild delight. "Sangji did it? Haha... he actually did it?"
A moment ago, he had received feedback from the Dao-Born Pearl and learned that Sangji had attained a Divine Ability!
Fang Qing was overjoyed. Not only would he no longer have to flee, but cultivating in Ancient Shu would now be far more convenient!
"So that's it..."
Once his elation subsided, Fang Qing thought it over. "Someone succeeded in attaining the Golden Seat of [Stomach Earth], greatly benefiting Earth Virtue throughout the world... Sangji held on until now because his foundations were deep. With this tailwind, he finally pushed through in one burst, clearing the hurdle by the narrowest margin..."
"This Spirit Atmosphere really is something to love and hate."
He decided that when the time came to break through to the Purple Mansion, he certainly would not go into seclusion in the Ancient Shu World.
He would rather forgo its benefits than fail for no apparent reason!
"Haha... Sangji is a Dharma King now. What do I have left to fear? I can even use my Outer Core freely in Ancient Shu, pass myself off as a Duzi... and treat Purple Mansion cultivators as my peers."
Fang Qing immediately wanted to return to Deathless Temple.
But he forced himself to hold back. Speaking with the first of his subordinates to reach the Purple Mansion from afar seemed neither convenient nor suitably solemn, so a thought stirred in his mind. Xituo Commandery.
Xu Hei was in seclusion when the void before him suddenly split open. A gaunt young Dharma King in a tiger-skin kasaya appeared. It was Sangji! Though he was still skin and bones, his eyes were deep as wells, with pale bones seemingly