After watching Xiao Hua's battle with He Fangyuan, a strange light flashed through Deming's eyes. He nodded slightly and said, "Xiao Hua has a compassionate heart. His control over strength is also flawless, able to rein it in at the very instant of a hair's breadth, holding back the force of ten thousand jun at the brink of a thousand jun. Only by driving cultivators to the edge of death can one allow a thread of life to emerge, letting them touch upon a sliver of hope for Foundation Establishment through cultivation!"
"If it were only one case, this disciple could take it as coincidence! But both of Xiao Hua's opponents were Foundation Establishment cultivators. That is rather problematic!" Renzhu put away the diamond-shaped crystal and said softly, "This disciple had once suspected that Xiao Hua... might be a person of great ability!"
"Eh? How could that be?" Deming asked in surprise. "When Xiao Hua raised that sword embryo, this old man clearly saw that he was at the early twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation! Could it be... that he could deceive Foundation Establishment cultivators and even Golden Core cultivators?"
Renzhu smiled. "This disciple used to think so as well. However, the disciple sent to the Thunder Control Sect to ask Gen Qing about sword cultivators returned with news that not long after Xiao Hua returned to the Thunder Control Sect, he began attempting Foundation Establishment..."
At the mention of Foundation Establishment, Deming nodded slightly. Yet Renzhu's following words left him utterly stunned. "Unfortunately, Xiao Hua failed Foundation Establishment!!!"
"Eh? How could that be?" For the second time, Deming unusually uttered the words "How could that be?" "This Qi Cultivation disciple is a prodigy, born with divine strength, able to handle matters with ease, and even able to help others