Northern Territory.
On the way to find Gai Jiuyou, Xia Jiuyou kept glancing at Qin Sheng from time to time without saying anything. She had even stopped fanning herself, looking as though she had something heavy on her mind.
People were always like this. When they encountered something they could not understand, they fell silent.
"Fellow Daoist Xia, what do you want to say?" Qin Sheng asked proactively.
Although he had not interacted much with Xia Jiuyou, for Gai Jiuyou's sake, Qin Sheng was willing to look after this young girl. Xia Jiuyou was nearly ten years younger than Big Moon. When Ye Fan had been in the Dao Palace Secret Realm, she had only been thirteen or fourteen.
"I was wondering how you became a Sage King. You're far too far ahead of everyone from our generation." Xia Jiuyou felt rather dejected. She was outstanding too, yet she was only at Immortal Three, the level of a first-rate prodigy.
Whenever she thought that someone of her generation had already become a Sage King, Xia Jiuyou's vision went dark.
Am I supposed to compete with someone like this for the position of Emperor?
What the hell? It feels like my future is completely doomed.
"You're too fixated on it. I'm only ahead for the moment. One day, you too will advance to Sage King. There's no need to trouble yourself over this." Qin Sheng smiled and counseled the second-generation Nine Nethers.
"You make it sound as though your cultivation will not improve while we are working toward the Sage King realm." Golden Heavenly Maiden was speechless.
"My cultivation certainly will not stagnate, but Heavenly Maiden, you are too fixated as well." Qin Sheng spoke with perfect assurance.
"I am not your opponent, and neither is the Sacred Physique or anyone