Jin Ji and the others came out as well. Looking up at the towering, brawny Su Hao, they were slightly surprised.
But they were nowhere near as startled as Luo Yujie.
"Husband looks far more manly like this."
Jin Ji concealed her bashful smile and gently stroked Su Hao's solid arm with her fair hand. She barely reached his waist.
"Exactly. Immortal Maiden Luo, there's nothing wrong with body refinement, is there?
"The physique is the foundation of a cultivator's vitality and life. Any cultivator with the means and talent will temper their body a little.
"And husband possesses outstanding talent. He has slain countless true dragons, demons, and devils, and has amassed innumerable heavenly treasures for strengthening the body. It is only right to put them to their fullest use."
Lian Jing and the other sisters all chimed in agreement.
They gathered around Su Hao, squeezing Luo Yujie off to one side.
A few of them bit their lips, seemingly recalling something, their faces flushing with bashfulness.
Only after exchanging pleasantries with the others did Su Hao pay attention to Luo Yujie. "I have indeed been refining my body these past two years. Is there a problem with that?
"Ordinary cultivators spend thousands of years cultivating to improve their realm and divine abilities. I merely spent some time honing one aspect of myself.
"If one has the ability to develop oneself comprehensively, all the better. Why insist on rushing to undergo tribulation?"
His cultivation career had not been long—less than a hundred and fifty years, in fact.
Compared to other cultivators, whose lives of cultivation often spanned five or six thousand years or even ten thousand—
Spending three to five years tempering his physique was hardly worth mentioning.
It was simply that body-refinement divine abilities were not easy to