"Oh, and then? Didn't Master and Mistress return afterward?" Xiao Hua asked curiously.
"Master did return, but this senior brother failed at his first attempt to establish his foundation. Later, the thunderous sounds of Myriad Thunder Valley damaged my state of mind. I cultivated for fifty years before barely entering early Foundation Establishment again, and after that, I never achieved anything significant."
"First Foundation Establishment? Again?" Xiao Hua muttered to himself, but he did not ask further. Instead, he smiled. "Hehe, Eldest Senior Brother, did you ever regret it?"
"Hehe, saying I did not regret it would be a lie!" Xiangyang did not hide it and smiled. "But there are countless spiritual medicines in this world, yet there simply is no medicine for regret..."
"What if there were?" Xiao Hua pressed.
"But... there simply isn't!" Xiangyang shook his head.
"Oh dear, if Master knew, I'm afraid the old man would be heartbroken!" Xiao Hua said with a smile.
"Master?" A strange smile appeared on Xiangyang's face.
Seeing the odd expression on Xiangyang's face, Xiao Hua grew even more curious. "What did Master say? Did he praise you highly?"
"Give me a break!" Xiangyang looked utterly disdainful as he said, "Master and Mistress returned several years later. As for what they encountered, neither of them told this senior brother a single word. While the two of them were recovering from their injuries, they summoned me into the cave abode. I thought they meant to reward me, but who would have expected Master to unleash a torrent of curses the moment he saw me!"
"Ah? He cursed you?" Xiao Hua was stunned. "With a disciple like Eldest Senior Brother, how could Master... not be happy? How could he possibly curse you?"
"Master said I was an idiot, abandoning a road that led