Xu Changqing nodded. "Patriarch Qiong is absolutely right. I was overthinking it."
Yet in truth, he had another idea in mind.
Since it was a spiritual plant, it could be refined into a puppet.
Then he could study it however he wished.
Qiong waved a hand, his expression softening somewhat. "Speaking of which, there is another matter I wish to ask Sect Master Xu about.
Li followed your son, Xu Ping'an, into the Grand Void Rift for training many years ago.
Now that I count the years, it has been quite some time. I have always been unable to set my mind at ease. I wonder how the two of them are faring now?"
At the mention of Xu Ping'an and Li, a smile appeared on Xu Changqing's face. "Patriarch Qiong, rest assured. Ping'an and Li are both well at present.
They have supported one another in the Grand Void Rift and endured countless trials. Not only have their cultivations advanced greatly, but they have also fallen in love and are now together.
By the time they return, they may perhaps even have children."
The moment those words fell, the warmth on Qiong's face faded somewhat. His brows drew together slightly, and a clear trace of resistance flashed through his eyes.
In his heart, members of the Three-Eyed Clan ought to choose fellow Three-Eyed Clan members as Dao companions. This was a rule passed down through the generations.
A union within the clan could ensure the purity of the bloodline, while allowing the descendants' talents and aptitudes to be inherited steadily, without abnormalities arising.
But once they joined with outsiders, especially native cultivators from the Heavenly Origin Realm, the situation of their descendants would become impossible to predict.
Their talent might plummet, and there might even be the hidden danger