Thinking back on it now, the Grand Elder was truly filled with emotion. Yun Ying's successful experience had also given him many different insights.
"Actually, your approach wasn't wrong, Grand Elder. It was simply rather crude and forceful, requiring you to face the backlash of heaven and earth. If you could withstand it, you could naturally succeed, but that was precisely the difficulty."
"As for my circumstances, they were rather exceptional. I'm afraid there won't be a second person like me in this world."
Yun Ying had also listened to the Grand Elder describe his failed breakthrough back then. After analyzing it briefly, she said this.
"Perhaps. Throughout the ages, who knows how much blood and bone have been buried along the path of Body as Seed? Now that you've succeeded, that is a tremendous blessing."
The Grand Elder spoke with a wistful sigh.
In truth, he still felt regret that he had not witnessed Yun Ying's success with his own eyes.
However, the Grand Elder soon thought of a young man.
Yun Ying remained silent. She could see how the Grand Elder felt. He was a proud man, and an upright one as well.
For such a man to have reached his current heights, he must have given far, far too much.
"Since you're already in the Self-Severing Realm, become an elder of the academy. I know you certainly won't stay here for very long."
The Grand Elder spoke to Yun Ying.
Yun Ying considered it, then nodded. "All right."
The two continued chatting for a while. Afterward, the Grand Elder left.
Two days later, news spread that Yun Ying had become an elder of the Heavenly Deity Academy. The Grand Elder had announced it himself, because Yun Ying had already become an expert in the Self-Severing Realm.
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