Wei Lian left.
To say Wang Chen felt no sense of loss at all would have been impossible.
Man was not grass or wood—how could he be without feeling? Half a month of sharing a room had given him quite a favorable impression of this pure-hearted, kind girl, who understood speech better than flowers.
Though that fondness had nothing to do with romance between man and woman.
With Wei Lian by his side, Wang Chen's life had undoubtedly gained a brighter touch.
Moreover, Wei Lian had taken on most of the household chores. She was skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and could attend him with red sleeves and fragrant ink.
Her sudden departure truly left Wang Chen somewhat unaccustomed.
Yet Wang Chen quickly cast this faint melancholy from his heart.
He summoned the Cultivation Panel and added 1 attribute point.
Comprehension: 5
After wiping out the Taize Three Friends, Wang Chen had earned 12 points of Heavenly Merit.
This brought his total Heavenly Merit to 14 points.
He could add another point to any of the other three major attributes apart from Spiritual Root!
His first choice was naturally Comprehension.
But Wang Chen had not immediately added the Heavenly Merit he had acquired to his Comprehension.
Because he wanted to see whether any more petty thieves would come over to donate their heads.
What if he could accumulate 100 points of Heavenly Merit and add them to Spiritual Root instead? Wouldn't that be even better?
In Wang Chen's mind, the four major attributes ranked, in order: Spiritual Root, Comprehension, Divine Soul, and Physique.
Spiritual Root was the most important!
This also perfectly accorded with common cultivation knowledge.
The result was clearly that Wang Chen had overthought things. Until Wei Xiong appeared, he had failed to gain