The round trip took another half a month or more.
Most of that time was spent on the road.
When Huo Lian returned to the island and told Huang Xiao what had happened, Huang Xiao sighed inwardly.
They had already made their guesses about Kui Yong. Now those guesses had merely been confirmed, and it no longer mattered.
"To think that an expert from ten thousand years ago like Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly could still improve her internal power. The inspiration she gained is simply incredible. I wonder how much stronger she can become," Ou Jin said with some feeling after hearing this.
As for Kui Yong's original body and the matter of body snatching, he had listened as though lost in clouds and mist, though he had understood the broad outline.
He had never expected the Demon Hall's First Hall Master to harbor so many secrets.
He did not want to concern himself with these things, since they were not matters he could take part in.
He would leave the fighting and killing to Huo Lian, Huang Xiao, and the others. He only needed to keep his attention on this saber.
So he focused instead on experts from ten thousand years ago, such as Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, improving their internal power.
Generally speaking, taking another step forward was fraught with countless difficulties for experts like these. The same was true of someone like Huo Lian.
At their level, without a tremendous opportunity or a sudden enlightenment, they could basically only maintain the status quo if they wanted to take another step.
Nor would their strength necessarily improve simply because they were given time.
Now Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly had clearly encountered an opportunity, gaining some inspiration at the Hall Masters of Every Generation's Land of Slumber, and that inspiration had clearly