Inside the teahouse.
Heavenly Secrets Ancestor said solemnly, "The strongest Immortal Venerable of the Three Thousand Great Worlds is within that clan. Living too long is not necessarily a good thing. You should visit the boundless Great World less often."
Living too long was not necessarily a good thing...
Those words amused Chen Xun. "Ha, ha, ha, Senior..."
"Futian, what is it?" Heavenly Secrets Ancestor looked utterly serious. He was not joking.
"What you said makes a great deal of sense." Chen Xun teased, "This junior greatly agrees. Those who live too long either fear death to the extreme or become possessed."
"Mm..." Heavenly Secrets Ancestor stroked his beard with a grave expression. "They also possess techniques capable of breaking the Taiyi Gu Family's and Fushi Sect's heaven-defying art of altering fate. You must never offend that clan."
He spoke with earnest sincerity. He had watched this junior grow up all the way, and Chen Xun was no different from one of his own disciples. It was still best for him to remain in the Taiyi Great World.
At least there were powerful figures there who could protect him. To this child, the boundless Great World was a blade lying across his path.
Chen Xun clasped his hands. "Yes, Senior."
Though he was not afraid of offending some great clan or some inflated title of Immortal Venerable, he did not wish to bring trouble upon his sect. He obediently accepted the advice. In the future, the Supreme Unity Immortal Court would naturally shelter him as well, so nothing could go wrong.
Seeing Chen Xun like this, Heavenly Secrets Ancestor nodded slowly, satisfaction in his eyes. "Futian, if there is anything weighing on your heart, you may tell your elders. Remember that."
"Yes." Chen Xun gave this old Heavenly Secrets master