In a cold, small room, four old men gathered around a bed, more precisely, around Xu Fan who was lying on it, each with different expressions on their faces.

By this time, Song Ling'er had been comforted by Elder Yi with kind words. As Elder Yi sat down, Elder Mu directly asked him, "Second brother, I see this kid's Divine Consciousness Cultivation Level is at most only at the Kai Guang Realm! Are you sure this kid used his Divine Sense to attack?"

Elder Yi confidently nodded, "Big brother, when this kid bought the Mind Shielding Pill that day, I felt something was off about him, so I kept an eye on him. From the moment he launched the attack to when he fainted, I didn't miss a single detail; I couldn't be wrong!"

Elder Mu shook his head, looked at Xu Fan, and sighed, "I don't know if this kid is just a fearless newborn calf, or a genuine lunatic! But his luck is quite something, suffering a backlash yet only fainting."

At this moment, an elder who had once met Xu Fan in the library also spoke up, "This kid is very cunning. Today when he returned the Spirit Refinement Art, I felt something was off about him as well, but I didn't pay attention in time and got fooled by him."

After speaking, the four old men fell into a brief silence.

Soon, Elder Yi was the first to break the silence, asking Elder Mu, "Big brother, say something, do we keep or kill?"

Although Elder Yi had a good impression of Xu Fan, even greatly admiring him, in the library, the Spirit Refinement Art and the Mind Shielding Pill in the Elixir Pharmacy were actually bait to lure out those who dare to and can cultivate Divine Sense.

This matter involves too much. Even Elder Yi dared not spare Xu Fan's life.

Elder Mu squinted his eyes slightly and spoke, "Xu Fan, eighteen years old, ranked third on the Earth List, Realm at Entering Dao Realm Peak, true combat power comparable to the Vajra Realm Middle Stage! After cultivating Divine Sense, he could even defeat Elder Yu of the Zhiwei Realm, but alas, he already has a mentor..."

Elder Yi's expression changed slightly. He previously didn't know about Xu Fan's background, and hearing about him now, he was somewhat shocked.

However, Elder Yi was more concerned about Elder Mu's attitude, "Big brother, do you mean... kill?"

Elder Mu closed his eyes, "The Spiritual Platform is depleted; who knows how long it will be before this kid can replenish his Spiritual Platform—what's the use of keeping him?"

Elder Yi sighed softly, "Finally meeting one, killing him seems too much of a shame... Big brother, you haven't had a breakthrough in so long..."

The other two elders looked at Elder Mu with expressions full of concern.

"Big brother, you've been at the Peak of the Divinity Transformation Realm for decades. Finally meeting one after so many years, to kill him outright, I wonder if you could persist until..."

Elder Mu's face remained calm, betraying no thoughts, yet his slightly trembling hands gave away his unsettled heart.

"Cultivating Divine Sense is not only filled with various risks, but also facing all kinds of bottlenecks. Once unable to breakthrough, it's a dead end. Only by devouring fellow practitioners is there hope to break through and seize a slim chance of survival. However, those who cultivate Divine Sense today are extremely rare, hardly even one in ten thousand..."

"This path is countless times more difficult than cultivating Spiritual Power! How I regret my past decisions!"

The four old men once again fell into silence, yet none mentioned the matter of killing Xu Fan.

Suddenly, Elder Yi slapped his forehead, his face lit up with joy, and he said to Elder Mu, "Big brother, we forgot about the kid's Realm! Though his combat power is terrifying, his true Realm is merely Entering Dao!"

The four old men simultaneously showed expressions of surprise on their faces. Xu Fan's strength had made them overlook his Realm, which was just Entering Dao, and once Xu Fan made a breakthrough, his Spiritual Platform and Divine Sense would be replenished.

"Reaching the Kai Guang Realm by opening up the Spiritual Platform in the Entering Dao Realm, this kid's talent on the path of Divine Sense may even surpass mine! Most importantly, he's still so young; even breaking through to the Divinity Transformation Realm in the future is not impossible!"

Hearing such words from Elder Mu, Elder Yi and the other three old men all congratulated him.

"Congratulations, big brother! There's hope for you to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm!"

"Once big brother breaks through to the Chu Yun Realm, even some old monsters might not be a match for him!"

For a moment, the entire room was filled with jubilation, and none of the four old men noticed Xu Fan, who remained lying on the bed, raising his eyebrows slightly.

At this moment, Elder Mu waved his hand, forcibly suppressing his internal excitement, "We four brothers have been scraping by in this base for so many years, thinking our lives would just end this way, but never expected the heavens to gift me such a big present!"

"Back then, due to the suppression from the Three Divines Organization, we had to hide and eke out an existence in this base. Li Nantian is a person of the Three Divines, and now this kid happens to be Li Nantian's student—it's karma indeed!"

Saying this, the four old men burst into laughter and got up, walking out of the room.

Meanwhile, Xu Fan, who had been lying motionless on the bed, was already swept up in a storm of emotions inside.

In fact, the backlash Xu Fan suffered wasn't severe, just his Spiritual Platform was depleted. When the four old men brought him into the room, Xu Fan had already awoken, but he didn't act rashly, intending to hear what plans the four old men had for him. At the same time, Xu Fan wanted to hear the cultivators' attitude towards cultivating Divine Sense.

But upon hearing the four men's conversation, Xu Fan almost jumped out of bed. No wonder there was no practice of Divine Sense, but the library had the Spirit Refinement Art, and the Elixir Pharmacy had the Mind Shielding Pill. No wonder Elder Yi and the elder from the library probed him more than once. It turns out, it was all a conspiracy!

Previously, Xu Fan had always had a decent impression of Elder Yi, even considering him as his own, but never did Xu Fan expect that it was all just a test from Elder Yi.

Moreover, what made Xu Fan feel a chill all over was that, on the path of cultivating Divine Sense, apart from consuming elixirs, it seemed the only other method was mutual devouring—where the strong devour the Divine Sense of the weak to strengthen their Spiritual Platform and break through realms. Without breakthroughs over a long time, it would pose a life threat.

This statement sent a chill from Xu Fan's head to his toe, even if he escaped the jaws of the four, would he have to survive like Elder Mu, relying on devouring weaker Divine Senses?

While Xu Fan pondered privately, the voices of the four outside the room suddenly hushed.

Then, footsteps suddenly sounded, and a figure began walking toward Xu Fan step by step, looking at the fainted Xu Fan with a benevolent smile—it was none other than Elder Yi!

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