Great Saint/ Saintess - Upper
Ji Yuan was stunned, "What? But they are only like 200 years old?"
Little Princess chuckled, "That is because Yun Chi has been helping them to cultivate."
Ji Yuan muttered weakly, "Is that so? But isn't this a little too fast?"
The reason why he was muttering awkwardly was because he had only become a saint after 500 years and his speed of cultivation was considered to be quite fast enough. But that was not the point. The point was that both of his core protégés have surpassed him…
Little Princess chuckled playfully, "That isn't too fast. Even Ling Feiyue and Xue Qianxue become a saintess when they are around 100-150 years. Shui Xisi is a saintess at 18. So, they are not at all fast."
Ji Yuan: …
Don't remind me of that.
Little Princess smiled further, "Even Sword Saintess Yuxian is a great saintess now. She has overcome her lightning tribulation just before we have left."
Ji Yuan smiled when he had heard that, "That is a great relief to hear this."
Little Princess added further, "Even Hua Wuwu, Hua Baiyue, Shui Qingqing and Ling Tianshui have shown improvements in their cultivations too. Aren't you happy about this?"
Ji Yuan said with a straight face, "Of course I am happy for all of them…"
But he added to himself: I don't mind it at all. But I do mind that my Chengxi and Yan'Er have surpassed my geniuses. This is such a great loss of face for me as their old master…
The Lovely Empress Lu Jiangsu chuckled as she cast Ji Yuan a loving look, "Ji Yuan, you must be very happy to hear that, am I right?"
Ji Yuan put on a straight face as he answered her, "Of course I am. But they are a little too slow in their cultivation. I am expecting a bit more from the two of them."
The Lovely Empress chuckled, "Even Ruan Songci, Fairy Qiu Xiuyu and Mu Wan'Er are half-step saintesses now. Fairy Qiu Xiuyu is from the mortal realm. She really put in a lot of hard work as she cultivates day in and night out so that she would not disappoints you. It is amazing how she has to take care of her baby girl while spending all her time to cultivate all the time. In just 2 short years, she has even become a half-step saintess. But of course, Yun Chi has been helping her as she has many divine profound pills. But most of it only works below the 7th realm cultivation."
Ji Yuan: ...
Ji Yuan: ...
Ji Yuan: ...
The Smiling Divine Maiden added in with a wryly smile, "Even your son Ji Hao is also a half-step saint when we have left the Desolate Celestial Fraternity. I must say that they are all so eager to cultivate so that they would not disappoint you. Ji Yuan, aren't you pleased?"
Ji Yuan: ...
Ji Yuan: ...
Ji Yuan: ...
Even Ji Hao is a half-step saint at 300 years old?!
Then the Smiling Divine Maiden was sighing softly, "They will be very happy to know that you are still alive. Sometimes I saw them crying and praying that you will be alright."
Zhi Jiugong was even smiling, "You must be pleased that Yun Chi has a cute baby girl while Fairy Qiu Xiuyu also has a cute baby girl too. Now you have 2 sons and 2 daughters."
The Lovely Empress Lu Jiangsu giggled to Ji Yuan, "Tell you a big surprise! My two sisters and I have decided to cultivate to the false immortal realm. It is because we want to join you when the Ancient Battleground of the Fallen Gods has opened..."
All of a sudden, Ji Yuan with a straight face began to speak like a great cultivation master, "They train too fast and this isn't good. Their cultivation foundation will be unstable and it will be hard for them to advance in their future cultivation. Even if Yun Chi is rich, she can't give them her cultivation resources so recklessly. Moreover, I bet that she isn't good with our celestial cultivation, am I right? What if they got cultivation deviation from cultivating too quickly? This will be detrimental to their future cultivation progression for sure…"
He was thinking: Crap. I took 500 years to be a half-saint and they are taking half the time as me. This is such a big loss of face for me. How am I going to face anyone in the future...
Zhi Jiugong: ???
The Lovely Empress Lu Jiangsu, the Smiling Divine Maiden Chu Lixue, Little Princess: ???
Xu Yifei, Tang Manni, Little Jie'Er: ???
They were all caught by surprise when Ji Yuan had suddenly responded with an off-topic sentence from out of the blue and he seemed to be bottoming up for some time now as he was spewing a lengthy protest.
Ji Yuan was still thinking miserably: So, this is the difference between a rich cultivaor and a poor cultivator like me...
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Author Note:
1. In this chapter, many of the Ji Yuan's maidens have their cultivation realm improved.