"Huh?" Heavenly Venerable Daoling and Fairy Qingxia froze at his words and exchanged glances. Was there really any basis for comparison? Their expressions grew hesitant.
"Hehe! Then let me put it another way!" High Person Qianshan chuckled at their reaction, then abruptly changed tack. "When do you think Xiao Ya will reach my level of cultivation-and surpass it?"
"Uncle-Master Qianshan!" Heavenly Venerable Daoling exchanged a glance with Fairy Qingxia before finally answering, "You're already at the Late Spirit Communion Stage, at great perfection, and not far from its peak, while Xiao Ya is only at the peak of the fifth level of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. Never mind reaching great perfection of the Spirit Communion Stage—even reaching the Spirit Communion Stage itself will take him a considerable amount of time, I think! At least three to five hundred years! And breaking through to the Spirit Communion Stage isn't that simple, either. Senior Brother of the Mystic Gate spent over a hundred years in seclusion just to get this far, and he still hasn't fully succeeded. With further cultivation, Xiao Ya would need at least fifteen hundred years to reach your level. As for surpassing you, I'm afraid he'd have ascended by then. There's no comparison... no comparison at all!" Heavenly Venerable Daoling shook his head repeatedly as he spoke...
"Exactly! If he can't even match me, how can he shoulder such a great responsibility?" High Person Qianshan stood up with a sigh.
"..." Heavenly Venerable Daoling and Fairy Qingxia froze, exchanged a glance, and suddenly found themselves speechless. High Person Qianshan was already one of the handful of people standing at the very pinnacle of the Human Realm. Li Xiaoya might have formidable divine abilities, but that was hardly a fair comparison.
"Forget it! I'm just getting a little