"Junior Brother Xu!"
"Brother Xu!"
As Xu Yang made his way to the Dining Hall, people kept greeting him along the way.
Quite a few people were in the Dining Hall, with fifteen or twenty seated inside.
Xu Yang picked up a serving of food and sat down at an empty table.
"I heard Qi Xuancheng and Zhang Hanzhou both failed to break through to Heavenly Origin."
"How could reaching Heavenly Origin be that easy? Even Yan Guiyun failed on his first attempt, let alone those two."
"Were they injured?"
"They apparently damaged their vital energy, but it wasn't serious."
Listening to the disciples' conversation, Xu Yang learned that while he had been in seclusion, Qi Xuancheng and Zhang Hanzhou had both failed in their attempts to reach the Heavenly Origin Realm.
He might have succeeded in a single attempt, but breaking through to Heavenly Origin was so difficult that many people would never manage it in their entire lives.
Even someone like Elder Firecloud had reportedly spent nearly two years breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm after reaching Marrow-Cleansing Perfection.
"Junior Brother Xu, you've been in seclusion for days. You must have made great progress in your cultivation." Zhu Yuan approached with a smile, accompanied by several other disciples of Elder Firecloud.
"Greetings, senior brothers. I only went into seclusion for a few days. What progress could I have made?" Xu Yang said with a smile.
He sensed a scrutinizing gaze falling on him several times.
Xu Yang turned and found that it belonged to someone he didn't recognize.
Seemingly noticing his gaze, the man quickly rose and left the Dining Hall.
"Senior Brother Zhu, do you know that man?" Xu Yang asked, pointing at his retreating figure.
Zhu Yuan looked at Xu Yang in puzzlement and