What an "I go my own way."
Just like a sword cultivator's way of doing things—unfettered by Heaven and Earth.
Just as Chen Ping'an was preparing to leave the pavilion, Lu Chen smiled and said, "I heard there's a Chou Mou Mountain over at your Qingping Sword Sect."
Chen Ping'an nodded. "Xiandu Mountain is the main peak, with Chou Mou and Cloud Steam Mountains as its supports—the three-mountain configuration. Since Cui Dongshan is the lower sect's Sect Master, he naturally has his own plans."
In Cui Dongshan's words, since the weather was going to change, they ought to mend the roof before the rain and make plans early.
Lu Chen nodded as well. "I was unable to land on Tongye Continent before, so I merely took a distant look from the sea. There was a monument erected atop the mountain, bearing 'We Cao Do Not Appear' and 'Heaven and Earth Purple Qi.' The inscription was clearly Sect Master Cui's handiwork, yet while it no longer resembled Embroidered Tiger's calligraphy in form, it retained several traces of its spirit. It had broken free of the old mold. In mountain terms, that would be a kind of immortal molt."
Turning his head, Lu Chen smiled. "I should offer my congratulations in advance to your prized student, Cao Qinglang. His closed-door cultivation succeeded, and his Golden Core lies between first and second rank. That is excellent. He need not reveal too much of an edge, yet he retains countless possibilities."
Chen Ping'an let out a breath of relief and nodded. "It is excellent."
The legendary first-rank Golden Core was universally acknowledged as the aptitude of one destined for Ascension, exceedingly rare. Second rank signified the potential for the Upper Five Realms. Yet many of Vast Heaven and Earth's present mountain peak great cultivators