Xiao Hua smiled and waved his hand. "Each person has their own karmic fortune; others cannot use it as a reference. But if one is wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao, treats others with compassion, and cultivates with a sincere heart, Heaven will surely look upon them with favor!"
"Yes, we understand, Senior!" The few disciples were left rather bewildered. Some even showed faint disdain on their faces. Xiao Hua saw it clearly. He was still concealing his cultivation at the early Foundation Establishment stage, and he looked so young. In others' eyes, was he not simply someone who had luckily managed to establish his foundation? Though these words were truly Xiao Hua's own insights, to others they would probably sound mostly like perfunctory platitudes, with a touch of boasting.
Xiao Hua said no more. He rose into the air and smiled at the disciples returning from their training journeys.
So many qi refinement disciples went out to gain experience. Quite a few would naturally return—but how many among them could establish their foundations? How many indeed?
"Eh?" Among the qi refinement disciples flying toward him, Xiao Hua spotted several vaguely familiar faces. Yet when he thought carefully, he could not remember who they were. Still, seeing them evade him and fly away by another route, he understood. They were probably fellow disciples who had entered the Thunder Control Sect alongside him in the past, or people he had encountered during earlier training journeys.
"Alas..." Xiao Hua sighed. Knowing what they were thinking, he pretended not to have seen them and flew straight toward Qiong Lei Peak.
Who would have thought that Qiong Lei Peak would be even livelier? A thunder boat was suspended in midair. On its deck, a cultivator with Golden Core cultivation stood at the bow with his