"Seventh-tier cultivation?!"
The Azure Void Sword Immortal and Goodman Bloodpine were both visibly shaken, shock surging in their eyes and disbelief written across their faces.
Goodman Bloodpine knitted his brows, his voice grave. "I remember that this Third Prince of Azure Sea Lake has cultivated for less than sixty years-barely forty, in fact."
He paused, utterly baffled. "How could he have reached the seventh tier in so little time?"
The Azure Void Sword Immortal nodded, doubts clouding his eyes. "The rumors have always said that this Third Prince possesses two supreme bloodlines of the demon race. Those mixed bloodlines clash with each other, leaving his cultivation road riddled with obstacles and his progress stalled for years."
Xiao Minghuan smiled radiantly, her gaze clear and penetrating. "He merely concealed his edge and hid his cultivation on purpose."
Their hearts tightened at her words. Neither harbored the slightest doubt about the Saintess of the Thousand Mechanisms Demon Sect's judgment.
Years ago, Xiao Minghuan had sacrificed her own lifespan to perform a divination with her fate divine ability, accurately foreseeing Qiu Zanghai's emergence.
Her assessment of an Azure Sea Lake prince's cultivation realm could hardly be mistaken.
If the Holy Maiden spoke the truth, then this normally unassuming Third Prince of Azure Sea Lake was unfathomably deep, with an astonishing capacity for scheming.
The Azure Void Sword Immortal spoke gravely. "If that is true, his cunning is terrifying. Undercurrents surge and whirlpools churn in Azure Sea Lake's Heir Apparent Contest, yet he has always hidden his talents behind a facade of dullness, concealing his true cultivation. What could he be planning?"
"With seventh-tier cultivation and his legitimate standing as Crown Prince, who in all of Azure Sea Lake could contend with him?"
Goodman Bloodpine's expression grew graver as he instantly saw the undercurrents