That night, Northwatch City Garrison Headquarters.
Inside the main hall, the lamps blazed brightly. Pretty maidservants moved like drifting clouds and flowing water, bringing up platter after platter of steaming delicacies until the round table was quickly covered.
Seven days later, Garrison Commander Ji Yongtai once again entertained Wang Chen and Zuo Xiaomo here.
He had evidently received word that Wang Chen had emerged from seclusion and promptly sent someone with a verbal message.
Wang Chen gladly accepted the invitation.
"Junior Brother Wang, failing to break through is a common occurrence."
Northwatch City's Garrison Commander personally poured Wang Chen a cup of spirit wine and said with a smile, "At the Purple Mansion realm, one mountain rises higher than the next. We cultivators should bravely climb ever upward and never speak of defeat!"
"Thank you for the guidance."
Wang Chen cupped his fists in salute, then lifted the wine cup and drained it in one gulp.
Inwardly, he sighed in regret.
Ji Yongtai was a cultivator possessed of a valiant spirit. Such bearing could not be feigned. As a West Sea Sect disciple of Rogue Cultivator origins, his path through life and cultivation must have been strewn with thorns and hardships.
When many encountered difficulties and setbacks, they gave up or retreated.
But Ji Yongtai, just as he himself had said, climbed bravely upward and never spoke of defeat!
Unfortunately, there were proper paths and wicked paths leading to the summit. If one took the wrong road from the very beginning, then no matter how high one climbed, one was destined to fall and be smashed to pieces.
"Junior Brother Zuo..."
As Wang Chen pondered this, Ji Yongtai said to Zuo Xiaomo, "Don't lose heart either. In the next couple of days, I'll find a way to transfer back a