"What did I lie to you about?"
Qin Xijun craned her neck and argued, "I never talk nonsense."
Song Yan looked into Qin Xijun's eyes and said, "You said back then that you'd be a cripple without any Spiritual Power for ten years, and that you could recover your original cultivation, only with no hope of reaching Golden Core."
"But now, you haven't recovered even a trace of your cultivation."
"It's already been over forty years."
Qin Xijun felt a little guilty, but still said, "I said at least ten years."
"You..."
"Besides, there are too many strange things under heaven. I'm just a lowly Foundation Establishment cultivator. How could I foresee everything?"
"The Cultivation World is a vast forest, with every kind of bird in it. Everyone has a different constitution. Mine is simply too poor. Isn't that perfectly normal?"
"..."
It had to be said that there was some truth to Qin Xijun's arguments.
Never mind Law Techniques and secret techniques-even pills, formations, Law Artifacts, and Law Treasures would produce varying degrees of difference when used on different cultivators.
Especially a secret technique like the one Qin Xijun had used back then, which forcibly increased her strength.
Some unforeseen consequences were perfectly normal.
"Then what about that thing you mentioned, the Phoenix Feather?"
Song Yan continued, "I spent all those years in the Central Region and never heard of it. Even Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators have only heard a few scattered words about it in rumors."
"Did you make that up on the spot to fool me too?"
Although Qin Xijun had concealed some things back then, keeping him from becoming too anxious, Little Song had still done everything he could to seek out and inquire about the Phoenix Feather, hoping to restore her foundation.
But he had