The atmosphere in the front hall suddenly turned incomparably grave.
The maids waiting nearby tactfully withdrew from the room, lest they hear anything they should not.
Kou Shihai waved a hand, setting up a barrier of Mana around them to prevent anyone else from overhearing his conversation with Wang Chen.
Walls had ears, and that was the hardest thing to guard against. Even within the Seven Star Pavilion, one could not afford to be careless.
Once everything was arranged, the Grand Commander fixed his gaze on Wang Chen and asked in a deep voice, "Junior Brother Wang, have you practiced the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma of the Heavenly Dragon Temple in the Western Regions?"
Kou Shihai had naturally been among the audience for the entire "live broadcast" of Wang Chen's Life-and-Death Duel with Tu Qi.
He was one of the very few who had spotted the issue.
"Yes."
Wang Chen answered frankly, "I had already cultivated this art before joining the sect."
Kou Shihai drew a deep breath and continued, "What level have you reached?"
Asking about the particulars of another person's cultivation art was a great taboo, but he was by no means stirring up trouble for Wang Chen out of nothing.
On the contrary, the Grand Commander wanted to help him.
Wang Chen said, "The sixth level."
"Vajra Indestructible!"
Shock showed in Kou Shihai's eyes. "You actually cultivated it to such a high realm!"
Kou Shihai had good reason to be shocked.
As the Grand Commander of Zhensha Pass, he stood unquestionably on the front line against the Buddhist Sect of the Western Regions.
The Sand Tribe were merely the Buddhist Sect's vanguard.
Therefore, Kou Shihai knew the Buddhist Sect and its cultivation arts very well, and he had fought Buddhist Sect disciples before.
He thus knew