"Even if I don't say it, you should all know who I mean, shouldn't you? Of our sect's nine True Disciples, only those two are still in Qi Refining and have yet to attempt a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm," Li Tianqi continued unhurriedly.
"You mean Senior Brother Tian of the Black Tortoise lineage and Senior Sister Lin of the Vermilion Bird lineage.
"The former has reportedly already reached the great perfection of Qi Refining. He's only held off on attempting to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm for the sake of this Four Sects Assembly.
"The latter has the legendary heavenly fire spirit root. They say she's already at the eleventh layer of Qi Refining, only one layer away from great perfection. I heard Senior Sister Lin was quite young when she joined the sect, yet she reached her current cultivation in just a few years. The cultivation speed of someone with a heavenly spirit root is truly terrifying," Senior Brother Huang said slowly.
"The sect's higher-ups have probably pinned most of their hopes for this Four Sects Assembly on those two True Disciples. But who are their teammates?" Wang Yu suddenly asked, puzzled.
At his question, Li Tianqi and Senior Brother Sun exchanged a glance in unison, then both shook their heads.
Clearly, neither of them knew.
Beside them, however, Senior Brother Huang considered for a moment before suddenly saying:
"I don't know whether it's true, but Kang Wuhen, the so-called Number One of the Inner Sect, seems to have become Senior Brother Tian's teammate."
"What? Surely that's impossible. That fellow Kang Wuhen is the sect master's grandson. He always boasts that his strength is second only to the True Disciples, and he began making all sorts of preparations for this Four Sects Assembly ages ago. Why would