Starting with the consumables of the Demonic Sect, one can barely achieve immortality.

Upon hearing the saintess's words, the lady simply smiled slightly:

"I've never seen what's happening inside the palace, how can I say for sure?"

"The Palace Master arranged for Tong'er to break through in the Biyue Palace, originally to leave her a path to switch cultivation."

"If she is truly destined for the Dharma, His Highness will not stop her."

The saint's silence grew even colder, and after an unknown period of time, she finally uttered a single sentence:

"Madam, why don't you do the calculations..."

The words had barely left her lips when a faint smile appeared on the lady's face:

"Shang'er, you think too highly of me."

"I am merely an old and frail Foundation Establishment cultivator who has been fortunate enough to learn a few mediocre witchcraft techniques. How could I possibly have the ability to deduce the situation within the palace through a layer of indeterminate fog?"

"Moreover, even setting aside the Unstable Mist, the Moon-Covering Palace, as the place where the master places his magical treasures and opportunities, is itself at least close to the level of a magical treasure."

"If I were to attain supernatural powers, I might be able to try and calculate it."

The saintess was speechless.

Whenever the lady brought up this point, it meant a clear rejection.

There are no ancient witchcraft techniques in the Hall of Longevity. The lady's techniques and witchcraft are all her own and do not include any content related to the Foundation Establishment stage.

This path has been lost in the present day, with almost no possibility of being restored; it is as if the path itself has been severed.

This is the downside of cultivating unpopular or unorthodox methods. When have you ever heard of a cultivator practicing [Cold Qi] being unable to progress due to incomplete techniques?

The Holy Maiden, however, faced the same predicament as her. With no way to advance further, she was even less willing to help the promising Huang Tong achieve his goals.

All I heard her say was:

"What if the disciple rephrased the question?"

"Let's not discuss whether Huang Tong will successfully find an opportunity in the Biyue Palace and switch to cultivating Taiyin."

"Instead, it's based on the assumption that there are sufficient conditions to determine whether she will change her path."

"In this way, we can bypass the interference of the Moon-Hidden Palace and the Unstable Mist on the calculations to the greatest extent possible."

Judging from the ease with which she asked her questions, this was clearly not the first time she had sought divination from the lady.

To place one's hopes for survival on the complete honesty of the higher orders is, of course, an incredibly foolish thing to do.

However, given the absence of any other feasible path, seeking the Lady's divine calculations is always better than standing here idly awaiting fate's judgment without any information.

The saintess, having dedicated her life to spiritual practice, felt that her journey had been nothing short of treading on thin ice.

With the moment of life and death approaching, she no longer had any reservations.

Upon hearing this, the lady's smile seemed bitter:

"Tong'er is ultimately not my bloodline."

This statement is very clever; it can be interpreted in several ways in an instant:

The divination techniques of the Witchcraft and Taoist traditions often rely on blood ties as a medium. Huang Tong is a relative of the temple master, but there is no blood relation between him and his wife.

Even though the lady was already at the Foundation Establishment stage, accurately predicting Huang Tong's movements was still no easy task.

At the same time, this statement was also an attempt to reassure the saint.

Huang Tong is from the same family as the Palace Master, so the Palace Master will consider this disciple more often, but will not do so for his wife who is not related to him.

Although she and the Holy Maiden were not formally master and disciple, their relationship was practically that of master and disciple, so she naturally wouldn't stand idly by and watch the Holy Maiden be harmed.

At this moment, however, the saintess could not be comforted by such ambiguous words.

In the Immortal Sect, let alone a relationship that is merely that of master and disciple, even if there are true master and disciple, father and son, or Daoist partners... they are still not trustworthy.

The only thing you can trust is self-interest.

If you are useful to the higher beings, they will allow you to live.

Your progress will help the higher spiritual beings to progress, and they will then teach you to have no obstacles in your future.

This is why the Holy Maiden, despite being a mere corpse cultivator, was able to rise to become one of the most valued people in the hall.

However, it is precisely this profit-driven mindset that makes her uneasy about the future.

The reason she has survived to this day, steadily cultivated to the late stage of Qi Refining, and even had the possibility of breaking through to Foundation Establishment, is because her master needed her [Radiant Prism].

The essence of the sun and moon is not only a symbol of being a descendant of the Taiyin lineage, but also a cornerstone for the Lord of the Hall of Longevity to advance further.

Therefore, she never worried that she wouldn't make it to the end.

If she cannot go any further, the only thing limiting her will be her talent, not the opportunity that is so vicious to everyone in the palace.

After all, being born in the Hall of Eternal Life is the worst possible opportunity.

But if Huang Tong were to switch to practicing Taiyin, everything would be different!

Will Master watch himself die at Huang Tong's hands, thus fulfilling the latter's image and ensuring the addition of a confirmed Taiyin Zhenren to the Hall of Good Teachings?

While the essence of the sun and moon is certainly important to the Palace Master, as long as Huang Tong's future is promising, the Longevity Palace will inevitably receive more attention from the sect, and the Palace Master may not necessarily fail to obtain what he desires!

Of course, the Holy Maiden had serious doubts about whether even within the sect, they could actually retrieve the Great Sun Radiant Golden Essence, a substance that was completely incompatible with the Yin and, in a sense, even rarer than the Moon Essence.

But she dared not gamble on whether the Immortal Sect would bestow the Sun Essence, nor dared she gamble on how the Palace Master would choose to give it up!

Long-term repression and fear finally caused her inner defenses to crumble.

But then she abruptly turned her head, and the empty upper half of her face twitched and wrinkled like a normal person opening their eyes, sending chills down one's spine.

"Madam, you put it that way so easily."

"But... how can a disciple find peace of mind in this!"

"This disciple does not presume that you would defy Master's will for my life."

"I never even considered asking you to let me step into the Hidden Moon Palace to fight Huang Tong to the death."

"This disciple only wants to live...only wants to live!"

By the end, her voice sounded almost like the howl of a wild beast.

The more deeply a person suppresses their emotions, the more intense their outburst will often be.

The lady, however, remained calm as always, slowly reaching out and gently removing her hood to stroke her head.

"Living is never something you can simply do just because you want to live."

Even if we achieve immortality and ride the wind, appearing glorious in the eyes of the world, we still cannot control our own destiny.

"If you can't even make decisions about your own family's affairs, how can you possibly plan for the life, death, and future of others?"

Whether Tong'er will succeed, and what you will do if she does, only heaven knows.

Her voice was soft and gentle:

"However, I do have a few things to remind you of."

"If Tong'er can achieve the Dao of Taiyin, it will naturally be a good thing for Your Highness."

"But is the same true for the Palace Master?"

"Shang'er...you must remember that in this place, none of the things like family, blood ties, or affection are trustworthy."

"You blame me for waiting for you without any affection, but my waiting for Tong'er isn't much better."

"Don't forget..."

At this point, the lady's voice became even softer:

"They say she and the Palace Master are from the same clan, but that kinship dates back hundreds of years."