With the conversation reaching this point, Su Shi'er did not need to think to know that Feng Jianxing's state of mind had been damaged, and it was surely connected to what he had encountered at the Qingyun Immortal Mansion.
The problem was that Feng Jianxing's attainment in the Sword Dao, even across the entire Cultivation World, was far from ordinary.
Outside the gates of the Qingyun Immortal Mansion, what on earth could there be that could damage the Sword Dao of such a person, to the point that he had even lost the courage to raise his sword?
Su Shi'er did not urge him. He simply looked at Feng Jianxing in silence.
Feng Jianxing was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke.
"Does Fellow Daoist Su know what lies outside the Qingyun Immortal Mansion?"
"What?" Su Shi'er asked, puzzled.
"Only... a wisp of Sword Light."
Su Shi'er said nothing, quietly waiting for what came next.
"That Sword Light looked utterly unremarkable.
An ordinary cultivator would likely sweep it with a glance, then turn and leave.
But when Feng sought to enter the Qingyun Immortal Mansion, that wisp of Sword Light remained hanging before me from beginning to end.
And it was precisely the existence of that wisp of Sword Light that made it utterly impossible for Feng to approach the Qingyun Immortal Mansion."
Feng Jianxing spoke in an unhurried flow.
"So Fellow Daoist Feng chose to face that wisp of Sword Light directly?"
Su Shi'er asked aloud. How could he not know that Feng Jianxing's damaged state of mind had to be related to that wisp of Sword Light?
Only, what kind of wisp of Sword Light could wound Feng Jianxing to such a state?
Even with Su Shi'er's broad experience and knowledge, at this moment, he found