Only Mu Feiping, who alone showed no surprise at Du Zhihua's cultivation level, explained: "Entering the Ruins Abyss to explore is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity. Did you really think the major sects of Pengying Archipelagos wouldn't prepare? This Du Zhihua was undoubtedly selected by the Seven Stars Palace to use some secret technique and forcibly lower his cultivation so he could enter the valley as an exploration representative. As for what secret technique the Seven Stars Palace used, and how much damage it caused to Du Zhihua's foundation, that's hard to say."
"No way!" Yan Kun was even more shocked upon hearing this. "Du Zhihua is actually willing to lower his cultivation for the Seven Stars Palace? He's someone on the verge of Tribulation Crossing!"
"As long as the rewards gained are large enough, what's wrong with lowering your cultivation? You can always cultivate back up later. Those old monsters from the Seven Stars Palace must have promised Du Zhihua quite a lot of benefits, not to mention that the Seven Stars Palace knows much more about the immortal feather relics in the Ruins Abyss than we do. Who knows, the Ruins Abyss might contain heaven-defying treasures capable of allowing Du Zhihua to ascend to immortality right on the spot."
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