"Referral? From whom?" Yuan asked.
"Only Sword Emperors and reputable swordmasters are allowed to give out referrals. Fortunately, we have someone in the faction who can give you a referral. I’ll contact them after this."
"Okay. What about the test?"
"Oh, it’s quite simple. Your Enhanced Sword Aura just needs to be powerful enough to damage the Sword Wall at the Holy Sword Temple."
"I see. Should be doable."
"By the way, what is your cultivation at right—" Senior Bai stopped his sentence midway when Yuan exuded some of his cultivation, as he’d been suppressing it.
"Peak of Immortal Ascension?!" Senior Bai almost couldn’t believe his eyes. The last time they met, Yuan was still in the Spirit Realm.
’His cultivation increased by an entire Major Realm in less than a decade?! At this rate, he’ll become an Immortal by our next meeting!’
"Is my cultivation not enough?" Yuan asked.
"No, there shouldn’t be any problems as long as you can use Enhanced Sword Aura."
Yuan nodded.
"Then there’s no problem."
He showed off his Enhanced Sword Aura, which had reached its maximum mastery long ago.
"Even in the Ninth Heaven, only a handful of prodigies have ever managed to attain Enhanced Sword Aura before reaching the Immortal Realm," Senior Bai said, swallowing nervously. "But none of them could hold a candle to your level."
"That’s only natural," Chu Liuxiang remarked in a prideful tone, acting like she was the one being praised.
"By the way... about what happened at the Dragon Spiral Mountain..." Senior Bai suddenly brought up the topic, his tone more serious now. It was an incident witnessed by the Celestial Overlords, after all.
"Are you okay? Do you know why the Heaven’s Mandate and the Celestial Emperor showed up, even causing such a major scene?"
Though Yuan trusted Senior Bai deeply enough to entrust his life to him, he chose not to reveal everything. He didn’t want to drag him into such a dangerous matter, especially with the Celestial Overlord’s situation.
"I don’t know why, but I think the Celestial Emperor doesn’t want me in the Nine Heavens," he said while shaking his head.
Senior Bai became silent. He was aware of the Celestial Emperor’s Curse, and while he never figured out why the Celestial Emperor would target Yuan, he knew there was something between them.
"If you ever find yourself in a situation that you cannot handle alone, don’t hesitate to rely on us—on the Celestial Overlords. Regardless of your rank, you’re still one of us, so as long as you didn’t commit any crimes, we’ll back you with our full power."
Senior Bai could tell that Yuan wasn’t revealing everything, but he didn’t press. He trusted Yuan—and believed that, when the time was right, he would share the truth on his own terms.
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