The two chatted a while longer before Chen Yu suddenly stopped and looked up toward the Sacred Land, emotion flickering in his eyes. He sighed softly. "So, Xiao Yi will turn ten in another dozen days or so. Both of them reaching Soul Ancestor at ten-what peerless talent! Every time I see them, it feels unreal, like a dream."
Chen Cong stopped as well and nodded in wholehearted agreement. "Yes. Besides their extraordinary talent and Martial Souls, the fortuitous encounters they've had were indispensable. Taking immortal herbs, tempering their bodies with Bing Huo Spring Water, the Clear Light Blessing, Heaven and Earth Dao Resonance, the Angel Secret Realm, absorbing a Seventy Thousand Year Soul Bone-which of those isn't beyond an ordinary person's reach? Without them, how could they have achieved what they have today?"
Chen Yu sighed softly and continued, "Still, they'll both have to suppress the growth of their cultivation over the next few years. Building a foundation at the Soul Elder and Soul Ancestor stages is crucial, after all. With an unstable foundation, they may struggle to amount to anything great in the future."
Chen Cong sighed too. "Yes, they have far too much to learn. The martial skills alone will take a great deal of work to integrate and master. The Seven Foundational Sword Arts and Seven Sword-Controlling Absolutes, for instance, are already enough to keep Xiaojun busy. You want him to form an array single-handedly, with the Seven Absolutes sweeping across the sky. That's no easy feat. Xiao Yi also has to integrate the Evergreen Heart Art with the Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow, along with the Azure Vine Clan's secret techniques."
"Not to mention that Chen Xiaojun wants to pursue the path of a theoretical scholar, while Xiao Yi wants to study medicine. All