Seeing the agony in Ye Xiuwen’s eyes, the old man sighed deeply in his heart – Seems like there’s hope for Disciple yet. At the very least, he’s not irreversibly mad.

Wiping off the tears on his face, the old man deliberated for a moment, before continuing, “Truth be told, there are solutions to this problem. Back then, my wife and I had pored through countless manuscripts in order to search for solutions. Unfortunately, we were stuck within the Death’s Gorge, and we were limited by our circumstances. We knew the solutions, but we didn’t have access to the right materials, so there was no way for us to refine the necessary medicinal pills to counteract the issue.”

“What materials do we need? I’ll go look for them.” Ye Xiuwen spoke without a single trace of hesitation in his voice.

After another protracted pause, the old man explained, “There are two methods. One is a means to alleviate the symptoms, while the other eliminates the problem entirely. There is a lotus pond located at the Sunset Mountain Range near the Greenwich Kingdom. A particular flower called the Rainbow Lotus Flower grows in the heart of the pond. The Rainbow Lotus Flower blooms once every hundred years, and bears seeds in the next hundred years. Its lotus seeds possess the powers of harmony...