Millennial Tribulation: Great Drought

The Golden Toad Swallowing Heaven Method had three traits.

Even Madam Shi had heard of such a heaven-defying secret transmission for the first time.

This secret transmission had to be cultivated.

One more secret-transmission trait meant one more advantage in battle.

And the Golden Toad Swallowing Heaven Method had a full three traits.

Its advantage was even greater.

The higher one's realm became in the future, the greater the demands on one's foundation.

A hair's breadth of difference in foundation was the difference between Heaven and earth, between life and death.

The stronger Chu Qing's foundation, the farther he would go in the future.

A moment later:

Madam Shi held a secret medicine in her palm.

While Madam Jin was deep in thought, she leaned over and stuffed the medicine into Madam Jin's mouth.

Madam Jin was pondering the problem and merely felt her mouth open on its own, as though she had swallowed something.

But she did not care and continued deducing.

Perhaps she had reached a crucial juncture in her deductions, for Madam Jin's face grew increasingly pale.

Madam Shi and Chu Qing took turns feeding her secret medicine, sustaining her life force.

Madam Jin merely swallowed the medicine mechanically, concentrating on her deductions.

One hour...

Two hours...

Countless thoughts and notions surged through her mind.

"Not right!"

"Still not right!"

Madam Jin was haggard in body and spirit.

Chu Qing tried several times to persuade her to stop.

But Madam Jin seemed utterly unaware and continued deducing.

She wanted to help Chu Qing.

Just as she had when Chu Qing was weak.

She did not want to be a burden.

She wanted to tell Chu Qing that even if she did not know martial arts, she could still help him get things done.

And then... help him