Within the [Foundation Establishment Realm], Jiang Yi sat motionless, his gaze fixed on the bronze lamp.
"You have little time left, Li Conglong," he said with some regret.
Ever since ascending to True Person, Jiang Yi had understood that the foundation upon which an Upper Cultivator entered the Dao needed the support of many Lower Cultivators to grow ever more secure.
The Li Household of Falling Moon Lake had been a chess piece picked up in passing. He had never expected to put it to any great use.
Fortunately, Li Conglong possessed a measure of substantial destiny. Step by step, he had gained a firm foothold and gradually grown into a force.
"The dragon hides, the qilin appears. This prophecy does not refer to Li Conglin. His temperament is indecisive; he cannot shoulder the great beam."
With his right hand concealed in his sleeve, Jiang Yi made a few light calculations on his fingers, and wondrous radiance streamed forth in all directions.
"It seems it must be this newborn 'Qilin Child.'"
The bronze lamp's flame flickered, reflecting a rosy infant still wrapped in swaddling clothes.
"This child's aptitude is ordinary, with nothing remarkable about it. In his entire life, he would be no more than an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator, unable to touch the threshold of Foundation Establishment."
Jiang Yi could not help marveling at the wonders of fortuitous encounters and the mysteries of Karma. "But he happens to have arrived just as I have gained a little insight into [Fire Virtue]. His birth date and hour accord precisely with a 'Fire Destiny'-"
The longer Jiang Yi stood within the realm of Foundation Establishment, the better he understood why True Persons of those Sect-tier organizations liked to remain hidden within their mountain gates, manipulating Karma and tugging at destiny.
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