Sect Master Su Qing sat meditatively in a clearing.
He then slowly opened his eyes and exhaled deeply, dissipating remnant qi. He clenched and unclenched his fist experimentally.
"This strength... it's the ultimate peak," he thought.
The ultimate peak was a realm just a step below the next realm. It mostly meant that one was invincible in the same realm. He thought to himself that after refining those cores, his combat power had probably reached the Golden Core realm - he just needed to break through.
With this, that girl's strange yin energy shouldn't be able to cause him trouble.
Speaking of, he raised his gaze, looking at the Twin Secret Tombs. He wondered where those two had gone. It had been a while since they went in - why had they still not come out yet?