After the battle ended, Li Hao did not sit idle. He soon contacted Zhan Tan through the Flower Wandering Token to discuss painting with her.
"Aren't you going into seclusion?"
Zhan Tan was somewhat surprised. She had not expected Li Hao to be so eager that he would come to discuss painting as soon as the battle ended. It almost felt as though the Heaven Pride Battle had interrupted his painting instead. Which was the priority, and which was the distraction?
Coming to see you is my seclusion... Li Hao thought.
If he could reach Tenth Dan in the Painting Dao, Li Hao could achieve Sacrificial Dao Sanctification. That was his most pressing goal.
Besides the Painting Dao, his Path of Cooking was also at Ninth Dan. Both had a chance of reaching Tenth Dan.
Tenth Dan required comprehending a state of mind, but before that, he had to fill the experience bar as quickly as possible.
"Qing Feng really is free and unfettered. It seems he hasn't taken the fame and fortune of the Supreme Heaven Pride Battle to heart at all."
Night Ancestor sighed.
"Qing Jiu, that was aimed at you. Learn from Qing Feng. Huh, both your names have 'Qing' in them?"
Azure Ancestor suddenly spotted an overlooked detail.
A phantom stirred. It was Qing Jiu. He, too, had heard from Zhan Tan that Li Hao had taken first place in the independent cultivators' tournament, but that was equivalent to a small world's preliminary tournament. Only the subsequent battle for qualification slots would count as a true clash of Heavenly Prodigies.
"I can't match his easygoing spirit."
Qing Jiu spoke with a wry smile.
He had been in seclusion lately. The news he had received about several monstrous talents had put him under some pressure.
Though he