[Extreme Yin, Xugeng refuses to let me leave. Why don't we pretend we have business outside, then quietly flee far away once we leave the Divine Blood Sect?]
After returning to Inverted Mountain, Ying Wu immediately took out a messaging Jade Slip and contacted Song Wen.
[No,] Song Wen replied. [Before today, we might have been able to leave quietly. But our attempt to bid farewell just now has already told Xugeng that we intend to leave. I fear he will order people to watch us at all times. Once he discovers that we mean to flee the Divine Blood Sect, he will certainly intervene. Then we will be in an even more difficult position.]
[Then what should we do?] Ying Wu's brow was heavy with concern.
Song Wen did not answer immediately. After pondering for a moment, he asked,
[Ying Wu, if you devoted yourself entirely to cultivation, would you be confident of breaking through to the Tribulation Transcendence stage before Xugeng ascends?]
Ying Wu froze slightly, seemingly taken aback by Song Wen's fanciful idea.
He slowly shook his head.
[Even if Xugeng remains in the lower realm for another century, I could at most reach the late or peak Mahayana stage. Advancing to the Tribulation Transcendence stage would be utterly impossible.]
After saying this, he instinctively asked,
[What about you?]
Having spent so much time with Song Wen, Ying Wu knew that Song Wen's comprehension was far inferior to his own. Yet for some reason, Song Wen's cultivation progressed quickly-so quickly that it was downright horrifying.
A bitter smile tugged at Song Wen's lips.
He did not possess Ying Wu's monstrous comprehension. The process of breaking through to the Tribulation Transcendence stage alone would probably take decades, if not a century, let alone the fact that he was