Of course, the three months mentioned here referred to the outside world.
Inside the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, a full fifteen months had already passed, which was one year and three months.
"Patriarch Situ, please immediately announce to the public... Starting today, I, Duan Lingtian, officially sever ties with the Situ family and am no longer a guest elder of the family."
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