"..."
Zhan Hongxiu gazed at the spirit immortal before her, speechless for a moment.
In a daze, she seemed to hear wind whistling past her ears and see wind and rain mingling. She even felt that the figure before her was no mortal, but a pool of Spirit Spring water...
You call this an ordinary water-attribute cultivation method?
She called inwardly, Turtle Elder?
I specifically had you cultivate that secret art this time so you could sense the aura of the Devouring Sea Method. You shouldn't ask me. You should ask yourself...
Turtle Elder clearly hesitated too. Or perhaps Bai Jianfeng and this Island Lord Fang Qing aren't the same cultivator at all.
My secret art hasn't sensed the slightest trace of the Devouring Sea Method...
According to you, Turtle Elder, the Tortoise-Crane Longevity Formula I cultivate is a top-tier wood-attribute method. It greatly enhances my ability to sense vitality and auras. I shouldn't be mistaken...
Zhan Hongxiu sighed inwardly. But never mind. Whether or not he's that person, I owe him a debt of gratitude... And if I want to enter that secret realm, I'll have to ask him for a favor.
Mm... That's more like it. She knows to offer tribute on her own.
Fang Qing listened to her thoughts through his Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix Dao Foundation and nodded to himself.
Zhan Hongxiu said, "I hear the secret realm is about to open, and I'd like to enter. Would you permit it, fellow Daoist?"
For now, the Azure Sea Sect still held the home ground, and the secret realm belonged to it in theory.
Unlike the previous two openings, the sect now stood alone at the top!
So if Zhan Hongxiu wanted to enter, she needed the permission of Fang Qing, its nominal master.
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