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It had rained heavily for an entire week.
Gu Xiao Man practiced her fists in the courtyard. With Bai Xiu, Chen Mei, and Shen Li patiently guiding her, she began to settle down and cultivate Body Arts.
She practiced her fists during the day.
At night, she followed Gu Shen in cultivating the "Breath of Spring."
Awakening of Insects and Grain Rain, these two volumes of Breathing Method, were the "god-tier Breathing Methods" every Transcendent dreamed of. Across the Five Continents, there were no gentler methods more suitable for beginners.
Gu Shen chose "Awakening of Insects" for Gu Xiao Man.
When cultivating a Breathing Method, less was better. Only after mastering one volume should one begin the second.
Over the past few days, Gu Xiao Man had demonstrated to everyone the cultivation talent of a Child of Divine Grace.
Thanks to fighting fiercely and brawling in the streets since childhood, she progressed rapidly in Body Arts. She understood things at a touch and could draw inferences from a single example.
Coupled with the favor of the God of Wine's Fire Seed.
During her first visualization, she took only around an hour to comprehend "Awakening of Insects," formally beginning the tempering of spiritual breathing... This speed was enough to break the Adjudication Court's record!
The rain poured down in sheets, cascading from the eaves.
Gu Shen, clad in the black robes of the Adjudication Court, sat beneath the eaves of the Blazing Wave Church residence, watching the "water curtain" before him.
He extended his palm.
The rain fell without making a pattering sound.
Because it was burned into steam the moment it landed on his palm—
"The Eighth Layer of the Deep Water Zone... is complete."
Gu Shen murmured softly.
Before setting out south, he had