When Zhang Meng'an returned, the old man looked over, and his expression improved somewhat, if only reluctantly.
When Zhang Meng'an had first been Guided here from a Minor Realm to receive missions, this old man had been the one to receive him. Thanks to the Fate-Gazing Eye, the old man still remembered Zhang Meng'an.
After all, though this young man before him could not compare to the one whose tremendous Karmic Affinity he had missed, he had still entered the Outer Sect Lineage's Grand Elder's tutelage. He was also a Great Era genius Guided here from a Minor Realm. Barring any accidents, after forming his Golden Core, he would certainly step into the Primordial Spirit realm. The old man thought very highly of him for that reason.
Who did not know that the threshold of Golden Core Perfection, that single step toward the Primordial Spirit, had barred countless cultivators in this world?
To say that someone would certainly reach the Primordial Spirit realm was already the highest praise.
"Boy Zhang, you've returned too."
He spoke up.
Zhang Meng'an nodded lightly. "Senior, are there any other missions here that I can accept?"
"I want to go out and temper myself some more."
As Zhang Meng'an spoke, he thought that if he could not break through, remaining in quiet cultivation within the mountain gates would not be a good path of cultivation for him.
Only breakthroughs amid life and death could give him pressure. Yet such life-and-death breakthroughs could just as easily bury one's Immortal Path if things went wrong.
Thus, choosing a mission was of utmost importance.
Hearing this, the gray-robed old man looked him up and down.
Over the past few years, he had indeed been one of the renowned prodigies of the Outer Sect Lineage. As someone who had