The moment the schoolmaster absorbed the violet snowflake, Xu Qing, who was in his private chamber in Ningyan’s mansion, opened his eyes. He looked in the direction of the Imperial University.1

The schoolmaster really is a decisive individual.5

Obviously, he had been the one to send that bag. The jade slip explained the pros and cons of using the snowflake. He hid nothing, and made it very clear that he could take the soul seed away with a thought.4

That was something the schoolmaster could accept. After all, there was no one besides him who was so interested in seeing the Xeno-Immortal School return to the peak of glory. He was willing to sacrifice everything to see that happen. In reality, he had been waiting for that bag of holding for a while now. In the hopes of getting it, he had taken complete responsibility, and had pushed himself into a corner from which there was no retreat. He had done that on purpose. He had used his actions to create something like a blood tribute for the enigmatic master!14

Xu Qing had witnessed all of that. Therefore, he sent a soul seed as a gift. And through the connection created by that soul seed, he was now able to sense the schoolmaster’s progress assimilating it, and his cultivation.3

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