Still, after thinking it over, he went to Lotus Pond. He did not stay long, but when the Yonglu Mountain party set out on their return journey the next day, the tightly closed lotus flowers in Lotus Pond finally showed their pointed buds. Bushi nearly wept with joy. At last, he could return to the capital from the borderlands. His round of playing the victim with Wen Xu had not been in vain.
Perhaps because their master was beside them, Sect Master Gu was terrified they might stir up trouble on the road again. Their traveling speed was pushed to the absolute limit. They had drifted leisurely on the way there, but on the way back, anyone unaware of the situation might have thought they were being chased back to their lair.
"Ah, your Sect Master nephew is simply too impatient. He must be worrying about that pile of official business on his desk."
Naturally, Wen Xu would not expose his master's words. He merely agreed along with him.
Cheng Wei Divine Venerable looked at his disciple, who had grown ever more striking, and could not help feeling curious. "A-Xu is already at Late Golden Core. When do you plan to attempt the Nascent Soul Realm?"
Was he supposed to attempt it so rashly?
"This disciple has never considered it. Didn't everyone say Nascent Soul Formation is exceedingly difficult?"
Cheng Wei somehow produced a small wine cup and drank by himself. "If you ask your master, it is not all that difficult. You just go crunch, and it is over."
Wen Xu: ...That truly did not sound remotely useful as a reference.
"Nascent Soul Formation should feel different for everyone. Everyone says it is difficult, but that is merely their own subjective, narrow judgment. Once enough people say it, it