Qin Zhaoyue breathed a sigh of relief. Why was the old man trying to scare her?
"Fifth rank."
"Tsk, what a disgrace."
"Hey!" Qin Zhaoyue's eyebrows shot up, hands on her hips. "I have a short temper! Can't we have some normal banter? Who are you trying to scare!"
"You're scaring yourself, who else can you blame?"
"Ha!" Qin Zhaoyue retorted sarcastically, "As if you're so powerful. May I ask, where is your 'just one step away' original form now?"
Within the pillar of light, Xuanjizi's illusory figure fell silent.
Seeing the loneliness on his face, Qin Zhaoyue felt a pang of sadness, and her tone softened:
"The dead cannot be brought back to life. Please accept my condolences."
The idea of letting one's own consciousness bear witness to one's grief sounds incredibly awkward.
If you don't know how to comfort people, don't force it.
He stopped looking at Qin Zhaoyue and looked up at the beam of light that pierced the darkness.
"My main body is in seclusion, attempting to break through to the first-grade realm. If I succeed, I will definitely not delay entering the core space of the Heavenly Plate."
Now that the Heavenly Plate has recognized you as its master... that in itself speaks volumes.
Qin Zhaoyue looked embarrassed and cautiously added:
"Um... I heard that the current leader of the Tianyan Sect is called Jiang Wuyai."
Xuanjizi's illusory figure was clearly stunned for a moment, a very complicated expression appearing on his face, before shaking his head and chuckling.
"It was him? Heh... Fate is truly unpredictable."
I originally thought it would be Yan Wujiu, or that girl Chu Xinglan.
“I’ve never heard of Yan Wujiu,” Qin Zhaoyue interjected, “but Chu Xinglan is now the commander of the Ziwei Terrace of the Imperial Court.”
“I see…” Xuanjizi fell into deep thought.
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