"Sister Lingyue, what could be worth gambling both our lives for?"
Inside the meditation room Abbot Huiming had arranged for Xu Taiping, Xu Taiping looked gravely at Fairy Lingyue, who sat across the table.
Fairy Lingyue sorted through her thoughts before explaining earnestly:
"I told you before that, at your current pace of cultivation, breaking through to the Spirit Refining Realm is only a matter of time. The pills you need aren't impossible to find, either."
"The problem is the Transformation Realm that comes after it."
"Breaking through to that realm is a heavenly chasm to cross even for those with golden spirit bones or heavenly spirit bones."
"For someone with mortal bones, it is almost a dead end."
At this point, Xu Taiping had begun to guess what Sister Lingyue was gambling for on his behalf, but he did not interrupt her and continued listening quietly.
"But breaking through to the Transformation Realm with mortal bones isn't entirely impossible, as long as we can prepare three things."
"First, cultivate at least one supreme cultivation technique of Earth Rank or higher to the Ultimate Realm. If possible, the more cultivation techniques you bring to the Ultimate Realm, the better."
"Second, forge at least one Life-Bound Immortal Weapon."
"The third, and most important, is Phoenix Marrow."
At this point, Fairy Lingyue paused, then looked at Xu Taiping and said:
"Taiping, you have already cultivated a technique to the Ultimate Realm within the Spirit Refining Realm."
"As for forging a Life-Bound Immortal Weapon, that won't be difficult either, as long as you can break through to the Spirit Refining Realm."
"Our greatest difficulty now is just one thing: how to obtain Phoenix Marrow."
At this point, Xu Taiping finally could not help asking:
"Sister Lingyue, by Phoenix Marrow, do you actually mean