"Young Master Xu! You've come out of seclusion!"
At First Pavilion Under Heaven, the moment Xu Xiaoshou pushed open his door, Xin Gugu downstairs sensed it. In a flash, he appeared before him, brimming with delight.
Xu Xiaoshou had not emerged from seclusion these past two days, and with no trouble to stir up, everyone felt somewhat unaccustomed to it.
Xiao Wanfeng, on the other hand, had rare peace for two whole days and felt that Young Master Xu's dictionary had finally gained the words "settle down."
But Xin Gugu and the others knew the full story.
As one of the main figures in the Royal City War, Xu Xiaoshou had drunk holy blood and manifested a holy image. No one knew just how severe the aftereffects might be.
Once he went into seclusion to recover, they had thought he might even miss the Royal City Trial.
Who would have thought that after merely two days, this fellow would be brimming with vigor like a dragon and tiger, restored to his peak state?
"Why does it feel like your strength has improved again?" Xin Gugu examined him from head to toe, somewhat suspicious.
It was only intuition.
Xu Xiaoshou had a breath-concealing technique, and now he seemed even more returned to simplicity, more like an ordinary mortal.
Yet looking past the surface to the essence, Xin Gugu felt that Xu Xiaoshou must have made another breakthrough.
Still, after battles against the Path-Cutting stage, the Void stage, and even Sword Immortals, it was perfectly normal for one's cultivation to advance afterward.
"Barely worth mentioning."
Xu Xiaoshou laughed it off.
Once his "Sturdiness" had leveled up, his physique and features had transformed. But "Young Master Xu, Xu Deyi" wore the face created by "Transformation," so there was not much visible difference.
"Feels