"Senior, there's a pavilion over there. Why don't you sit for a while? If you don't find Yan'er too bothersome, I... I'd like to ask you for some guidance on cultivation insights."
"Ask for guidance on cultivation insights? Can't your mother teach you?"
Lin Xuan felt slightly surprised. Though Shangguan Muyu's cultivation was nothing worth mentioning in his eyes, she was still a Core Condensation Realm cultivator, after all. No matter how one looked at it, guiding her daughter's cultivation in the Spirit Movement Stage should pose no problem.
"Senior, there is something you don't know. Our sect once suffered a great calamity, and many of our ancient texts were lost. The Jade Slip that recorded the Hundred Herb Art was likewise destroyed. What has been passed down now is a rubbing copy, with many omissions and gaps. Even... even Mother is muddled over parts of it. But Senior's cultivation is exceedingly profound, so perhaps you can resolve this junior's doubts."
"So that is how it is." A thoughtful look appeared on Lin Xuan's face. "Very well. I happen to be in a good mood today. There's no harm in giving a little guidance to a girl like you."
"Many thanks, Senior. For such great kindness and virtue, this junior will surely engrave it upon her heart."
Shangguan Yan was overjoyed, then respectfully led Lin Xuan toward the pavilion beside the bamboo grove.
"You sit as well."
"How would this junior dare? Before a senior expert such as yourself, how could there be a place for me? This young woman will simply stand." The girl expressed herself in alarm.
Seeing that she would not sit, Lin Xuan said no more. In all things, one had to put oneself in another's place. If he were in the Spirit Movement Stage, facing