Inside the teahouse.
Heavenly Secrets Ancestor said solemnly, "The strongest Immortal Venerable of the Three Thousand Great Worlds is within that clan. Living too long is not necessarily a good thing. You should visit the Boundless Great World less often."
Living too long was not necessarily a good thing...
Those words actually made Chen Xun laugh. "Ha, ha, ha, Old Senior..."
"Fu Tian, what is it?" Heavenly Secrets Ancestor wore a face full of seriousness. He was not joking.
"What you said makes perfect sense," Chen Xun said teasingly. "This junior greatly agrees. If one lives too long, they either become terrified of death to the extreme, or they become deranged."
"Mm..." Heavenly Secrets Ancestor stroked his beard with a grave expression. "They also possess techniques capable of breaking the Gu Family of Tai Yi and the Fu Shi Religion's arts of reversing fate against Heaven. You absolutely must not offend that clan."
He spoke with earnest sincerity. He had watched this junior grow up all the way, and Chen Xun was little different from one of his own disciples. It would be better for him to remain in the Taiyi Great World.
At the very least, there were powerful figures there who could protect him. To this child, the Boundless Great World was a blade laid across his path.
Chen Xun cupped his fists. "Yes, Old Senior."
Though he was not afraid of offending any great clan or some inflated title of Immortal Venerable, neither did he wish to bring trouble upon his sect. He was quite obedient about it; in the future, the Tai Yi Immortal Court would naturally shelter him as well, so nothing could go wrong.
Seeing Chen Xun like this, Heavenly Secrets Ancestor's eyes held satisfaction as he slowly nodded. "Fu Tian, if you are