Talent

"Even so, let's settle it like this."

Chen Nianzhi nodded, agreeing to leave the Ren Water Immortal Pear to Yan Ziji.

Yan Ziji was a cultivator with a Heavenly Spirit Root and had inherited Purple Firmament Dao Lord's lineage. Her cultivation had always progressed at astonishing speed, and she had now reached the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, one step ahead of even Ya Ya.

It was foreseeable that with the aid of the Ren Water Immortal Pear, she would very likely advance to the Half-Step Primordial Spirit Realm within a century.

If she succeeded in one stroke, she would become a Half-Step Primordial Spirit at just over seventeen hundred years old. Achieving such a realm at so young an age would make her future Dao path much smoother.

Unfortunately, as a cultivator with a Heavenly Spirit Root, her mana foundation was somewhat weak. Crossing the Primordial Spirit lightning tribulation would likely be no easy task.

Chen Nianzhi did not dwell on it. He merely glanced at Jiang Linglong and said, "How goes your comprehension of the third hidden power, my lady?"

"I only succeeded in comprehending it some days ago. It seems my chances of comprehending the fifth hidden power before reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm are slim."

Jiang Linglong shook her head, a faint gravity settling between her brows.

The deeper her cultivation grew, the more she understood how difficult it was to comprehend hidden powers.

With her talent and brilliance, simultaneously comprehending three Five Elements hidden powers had already been exceedingly difficult. To comprehend a fourth hidden power would take at least another three hundred years.

As for cultivating a fifth hidden power, it would likely require at least a thousand years.

Do not think this meant her aptitude was lacking. In truth, Jiang Linglong's