Qi Refinement Way.
Above the sea.
"Daoist Zhan, I have other urgent matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave..."
Fang Qing departed in a hurry, bidding farewell outright and leaving Zhan Hongxiu, who had been preparing to say a few more words, standing there in a daze.
"Hmph... The brat ran off after reaping such enormous benefits. What an unfilial wretch."
Within the sea of consciousness, Turtle Elder's cold snort rang out.
"Turtle Elder... Daoist Bai is certainly not that sort of person. He must truly have urgent business."
Zhan Hongxiu habitually spoke up in Daoist Bai's defense.
"Hmph... I think you're turning your elbow outward. Fortunately, we obtained the Azure Emperor Wood this time, or we truly would have suffered a huge loss..."
Turtle Elder continued muttering without end...
Whoosh!
After leaving the range of Zhan Hongxiu's Spiritual Sense, Fang Qing immediately tore open the Great Void and entered the void.
The Great Void was a stretch of dim darkness, with only silver-white currents of chaotic void turbulence flowing through it.
He gazed at the Great Void, his expression grave.
"The Grotto-Heaven likewise has a Great Void within it, only it does not connect with the outside world...
"Then does Spirit Transformation ascension mean escaping the Great Void's blockade and fleeing into the outside world? Heh heh... Escaping the simple and honest Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm for that godforsaken place, Ancient Shu? After cultivating immortality for so many years, what exactly have we been doing it for?"
He stood silently within the Great Void and began thoroughly reviewing everything he had done in the Qi Refinement Way.
"That secret realm should not have been bait... And those Spirit Herbs and treasures... If the one atop [Room Sun] still had consciousness, he would certainly have descended long ago.