Silver Cloud Ancestor's oddly familiar appearance could not help reminding Wang Yu of someone.
It was Chen Tianxing, the foremost true disciple he had met at High Person Seven Mysteries' lecture gathering.
Senior Brother Chen had also appeared piloting a Vajra-Type Puppet from the Heavenly Craft Sect. He likewise looked like a youth, yet the other two true disciples had treated him with great respect.
If Wang Yu remembered correctly, Senior Brother Chen was also a disciple of the White Tiger lineage.
"I never expected a little place like the Jialan Secret Realm to yield actual clues about High Person Jialan. Even his old bonded Treasure Artifact, the Moon-Refining Mirror, appeared, and it seems to have developed an artifact spirit," Heaven Toad Ancestor said with a smile.
"An artifact spirit can only emerge after a Treasure Artifact develops spirituality and nurtures that spirituality to its utmost.
If that is truly the case, the outside world certainly underestimated High Person Jialan's strength back then. He had probably reached the middle stage even within the Nascent Soul Realm," came Blazing Fire Ancestor's thoughtful voice from inside the blue statue.
"A fourth-tier Spirit Treasure... Rumor has it that a fourth-tier Spirit Treasure can only advance to the fifth tier after developing an artifact spirit. I wonder whether that is true," Heaven Toad Ancestor said, a faint glimmer in his eyes.
"The fifth tier is getting ahead of ourselves. Let us first hear how the little fellow met that artifact spirit in the secret realm." Silver Cloud Ancestor waved a hand from inside his armor and sat cross-legged on the central meditation cushion, looking at Wang Yu with some anticipation.
"Wang Yu, tell us everything exactly as it happened. Be as detailed as you can, and make sure it is truthful, without any exaggeration