However, what the middle-aged beautiful woman did not know was that not long after her divine sense withdrew, Ruan Shui'er, who had been speaking with Wei Tu, quickly lost her previous composure and became rather awkward.
She looked distinctly ill at ease.
At this moment, Wei Tu finally let go of his suspicions toward her. He truly began treating her as a peer, offering her a few pointers in the course of their conversation.
Of course, Wei Tu displayed his knowledge more for the sake of his own calculations than to simply instruct Ruan Shui'er.
In the cultivation world, there was nothing wrong with cultivators being solitary.
But within the Feather Saint Sect, within the Deer Mountain Daoist Grounds, if one was merely solitary and achieved nothing, one would become a thorn in everyone's eye, someone utterly worthless in the eyes of the sect elders.
Now, under the pretext of exchanging insights, instructing Ruan Shui'er was Wei Tu's deliberate way of displaying his talent.
—So that in the future, within the Deer Mountain Daoist Grounds, he could become one of twin stars capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with Ruan Shui'er.
That way, not only could he gain the Feather Saint Sect's protection in the future, but when his cultivation realm advanced at an astonishing pace, he would not arouse too much suspicion.
After the apprenticeship celebration ended,
Wei Tu did not remain long at Ruan Shui'er's cave abode. Upon returning to his own cave abode, he immediately hung up a closed-door cultivation plaque at its entrance, putting on the appearance of entering seclusion to cultivate.
Yet in secret, after only a few days, Wei Tu once again flew away from the Deer Mountain Daoist Grounds and arrived at Liu Clan Immortal City.
This time, however, Wei Tu did