"Master!" Li Dai exclaimed, shocked. She was deeply perplexed; given the strength of her soul and the efficacy of *Soul Refining*, it should have been impossible for her to be discovered while meddling with the memories of her master, whose cultivation was only at the Deity Transformation Great Perfection stage. Yet, he had discovered it nonetheless. Li Dai was momentarily stunned, at a loss for words.
"What? Are you still afraid that I will punish you or that I am angry with you?" Chen Qiansuan found her nervous expression rather amusing. Back then, when he had used his remaining strength to cleanse Li Dai’s body—granting her clarity and wisdom so she wouldn't suffer backlash while studying the *I Ching* he had provided—he had felt his endurance reaching its end. Unable to persist any longer against the soul-shattering injuries he had sustained, he had prepared a final contingency plan involving his disciple, Li Dai.
He knew she was a variable with immense fortune. With the falling of another star, Li Dai's significance had become self-evident; one could even say without ambiguity that she was the hope for the Cangyun Continent’s salvation. Because she was the person closest to the one who had opened the passage, he had staked everything on her, giving her his greatest gift before he died and making her promise, through his own death, to look after her senior brothers and sisters. That was his only selfish motive.
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