A silver-white flying boat streaked over a range of overlapping peaks.
At the bow, Li Ping stood with his hands behind his back, dressed in a sky-blue spell robe. He gazed down, his eyes thoughtful.
Several months had passed since Feng Xishuang entered seclusion to form her nascent soul and Ten Thousand Souls High Person and two other Nascent Soul Realm fiends attacked the Heavenly Craft Sect, only to be driven back by their combined efforts.
Ten Thousand Souls High Person escaped with only his nascent soul remaining, while Old Devil Tan and Madam Yin withdrew of their own accord after his defeat.
Li Ping knew that even if they gave chase, their side had no chance of victory. Besides, Feng Xishuang needed someone to guard her while she faced tribulation lightning after forming her nascent soul, so he let the matter rest.
Feng Xishuang performed considerably better than Wei Yiling during her lightning tribulation. She held out until the eighth wave before showing signs of faltering. Wei Yiling decisively stepped in to weaken the last two waves, allowing her to pass the tribulation successfully.
As for the heart demon tribulation that followed, Feng Xishuang already possessed powerful divine sense, and with the aid of a Mind-Clearing Pill, she ultimately passed with a fright but no harm.
After guarding Feng Xishuang through her nascent soul formation, Li Ping should have settled down in seclusion to attempt his own breakthrough.
But both Wei Yiling and Feng Xishuang had encountered interference from outside enemies when attempting their breakthroughs at the Heavenly Craft Sect, and the second incident had been particularly dangerous.
Li Ping had reason to believe that the Heavenly Craft Sect had bad feng shui.
This was not superstition. In the Cultivation World, feng shui was no baseless notion; it could