The woman watched intently as Fu Ke faced her.
Luo Chen fell silent.
Because of that silence, the expectation on Chu Yan's face gradually faded into disappointment.
Suddenly!
The man revealed the hands hidden beneath his sleeves, ten slender fingers flexing at the knuckles.
As mana circulated, an indescribably profound mystery spread through the air.
The Refining Heaven Secret technique had originally been meant to target the spiritual opportunity of heaven and earth, refining it for one's own use.
Yet just as heaven and earth possessed spiritual opportunity, living beings possessed vital energy, and spiritual herbs and exotic flowers possessed life force.
By reversing this technique, one could precisely control the blending—and even separation—of medicinal power during refinement.
The man performed an alchemical technique toward empty space. Though he had no specific target, his methods were exactly the same as those Chu Yan had used earlier, and toward the end, he even expanded upon them.
Clearly, he had already understood the meaning she had left unspoken.
When those hands disappeared back into his broad sleeves, the woman beside him was already wearing a radiant smile.
"You did learn quite a bit after all!"
With that, she stepped lightly into the Mountain Sea Palace.
Behind her, Luo Chen revealed a helpless expression.
That demonstration of his had been no different from completely exposing his identity.
But it no longer mattered.
From the moment she realized that he too knew the Refining Heaven Secret alchemical technique, she had effectively identified him. Excessive concealment would only have made him seem less sincere.
Still, Luo Chen had not expected that after concealing himself so cautiously for three months, he would expose himself in the very Alchemy Dao he excelled at most.
Or rather, while this exposure had been unexpected, it had also been perfectly