At Phantom Sect, night had already fallen. Yet laughter and chatter still drifted from Zhao Min's bamboo courtyard on Small Bamboo Peak. Quite a few cultivators sat in the courtyard, still drinking and chatting.
Over this recent stretch of time, cultivators had come and gone constantly from this bamboo courtyard. Wei Zhongran, Baili Yuan, Wang Tian, Li Wuyi, Chi Tuo, Li Changting, and the others often gathered here.
As for Miao Wangqing and Zuo Shengyan, after being out for only a few days, they had gone back into seclusion.
Seeing that Wei Zhongran and the others were about to ascend and depart had placed no small amount of pressure upon some of the older Golden Core Realm cultivators.
Together with what had happened to Zhao Zhi, Miao Wangqing and Zuo Shengyan could not help but think of themselves. Their own circumstances were much the same.
Their Dao companions had already become Nascent Soul cultivators. Would they too follow in Zhao Zhi's footsteps? No matter how they looked at their cultivation, the odds seemed quite high.
Naturally, they were unwilling to accept that. Even Miao Wangqing, whose temperament had always been the most lazy and carefree, became even less willing to abandon the great path of immortality after looking at her children and Li Wuyi.
"Ascend with Uncle-Master Wei first. Once the sect's guardianship has a later Nascent Soul cultivator to take over, we'll come find you in the upper realm.
"Still, no one expected Junior Brother Li Yan to be the first to ascend. That truly came out of nowhere!"
Baili Yuan said leisurely, holding a wine jar in his hand.
Whenever they had time these past few days, they would gather here without prior arrangement. He was saying this to Gong Chenying.
Now that Gong Chenying and the others