Senior Brother had broken through an entire cultivation stage without consuming a single heavenly treasure. For someone aspiring to immortality, I felt it was essential to understand how he had achieved this, hoping the insight might prove useful to me. I immediately went up to ask him, especially since everyone present belonged to the core lineage of the Jian Sect.
Tianjianzi signaled for us all to sit down.
We quickly formed a circle, clearly intending to exclude outsiders. Usually, when we sat together to chat, Tianjianzi would sit at the front with the other senior and junior brothers arranged in rows behind him. Forming a circle was a deliberate move to discuss private matters and keep others at a distance.
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