Seeing Lu Lingjun fall silent once more, Gu An could sense that she had already grasped the opportunity for a breakthrough.
Lu Lingjun had clearly remained at the ninth level of the Body Integration Realm for a long time. Her spiritual power had already reached a point where it could grow no further.
Gu An pulled her deeper into the valley and said, "Tell me, what exactly is the Profound Heart Realm like? It sounds incredibly powerful. Profound Heart, Profound Heart—does the heart possess some special quality in this realm?"
At his words, Lu Lingjun's gaze changed.
Subtle changes were taking place within her heart, where a trace of peculiar power stirred.
That trace of peculiar power was naturally Gu An's mana. He had merely used it with great finesse, and coupled with the vast disparity between their realms, Lu Lingjun could not detect that it was his power at all. Instead, she believed that she was about to undergo a transformation.
After circling once inside Lu Lingjun's heart, that strand of mana returned to Gu An's body. To Lu Lingjun, it left behind a fleeting sense of loss.
At that moment, the other disciples in the valley gathered around them, asking about the background of that female Demonic Cultivator from earlier.
Covered in blood, Gu An answered them briefly before returning to the pavilion to wash himself.
Lu Lingjun returned to the wooden railing, raised her head toward the thunderclouds, and continued watching the battle.
To Third Medicine Valley, White Cloud Fairy was merely a minor interlude. Even the Handyman Disciples did not pay her much attention. Little did they know that the cultivation realm of that dead female Demonic Cultivator surpassed all of Nine Dynasties Land. Other than Gu An, she had possessed the highest cultivation.
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