That old bastard really refused a toast only to drink a forfeit!
Xiao Yan cursed inwardly. Had the old fellow not once saved him, he would probably have kicked him to the ground by now.
"Just tell me what it will take to release Qing Yanjing!"
Xiao Yan had lost all patience for wasting time with the old fellow and cut straight to the point.
"Once the Saint Daughter reaches Saint Grade, she can naturally come out. Another reason I confined her was that the Ancestral Grounds contain the place in the Great Thousand World most suited to cultivation for members of the Buddha Pagoda Gu Clan.
"There, she has a chance of reaching Saint Grade sooner."
"So will it take ten years or a hundred?"
Xiao Yan's expression remained dark. Qing Yanjing was indeed extraordinarily gifted, but she had not enjoyed the same opportunities he had. Had Xiao Yan not fortunately obtained the World-Purifying True Flame, Golden Crow Divine Fire, and chaos true flame in succession, it would probably have taken him nearly a century at least to cultivate from peak spirit grade to Saint Grade.
"I don't know. That will depend on fate!"
The old man in plain robes raised his stubbled chin slightly.
"If you let her out, couldn't she reach Saint Grade just the same?"
Xiao Yan made one final probing attempt.
"Indeed she could, but rules are rules!"
At Futu Xuan's words, Xiao Yan's fists clenched with anger.
"Fine, fine, fine. So you want to talk rules!"
Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. "In that case, I can only be the one to break them. Once I have the time, I'll go to the Buddha Pagoda Gu Clan and bring Jing'er back. When that happens, don't blame me for showing you no courtesy!"
"Then go