Dile, Ning Qing, Tang Lan, and the others were indescribably excited. The person they were about to meet was someone everyone revered as a god.
The Principal of Miskatonic University had been the first to propose a systematic path to transcendence during the early days of Kashi Star's Spiritual Energy revival. In a sense, every transcendent on Kashi Star was his student.
They all cultivated using the theories he had proposed, and everything they knew about transcendence had originated with the Principal.
Even calling him a transcendent no longer did justice to his achievements and greatness. Thus, all the transcendents on Kashi Star called him the Beyond One, the Pathfinder.
He had blazed the path to transcendence, and he had always guided Kashi Star toward its transcendent future.
Who on Kashi Star did not know of such a figure? Now Dile and the others were about to meet Kashi Star's foremost transcendent. How could they not be excited?
On the way, Dile wore a formal suit. As they drew closer, he asked Tang Lan,
"Lanlan, quick, check if there's anything about me that still looks off!"
Tang Lan glanced at Dile and said solemnly,
"Mm! Very serious! Not your usual style."
After saying that, she rather nervously asked Dile,
"Th-then what about me?! Dile! Is there anything strange about how I look?!"
Dile nodded.
"You're beautiful! Nothing looks strange to me!"
Then he looked at the equally solemn Ning Qing and nodded slightly. Xiao Qing looked pretty sharp when not talking.
Finally, Dile turned back and saw the utterly calm Cheng Yu and the equally meticulous Bennett.
"Mm! Very nice! None of your usual goofy energy!"
Cheng Yu's expression darkened. For fuck's sake, do you think I don't know who we're going to meet? As far as Cheng Yu was