Even if Xuan Xiao were eventually able to cast off his inner demons and achieve Spirit Severing once more, goodness knows how far off that day would be. This alone showed just how vicious the big-eared cultivator's intentions truly were.
Although Xuan Xiao saw right through it, the man refused to give up. Instead, he offered further congratulations, fixing a deadline of a hundred years. While this time frame had not been set by Xuan Xiao himself, having it spoken aloud by the big-eared cultivator effectively shackled him without his consent.
That very phrase had been uttered years ago by the slovenly old man. But because the old man's cultivation was vastly superior, and Xuan Xiao had not yet reached his current state of being, he had not taken the words to heart back then; if anything, they served as a positive, encouraging force.
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