In the blink of an eye, another month had passed.
Nothing much had happened at Rongguo Mansion during that time. No one had caused any particular trouble, and aside from the occasional minor ruckus in the rear quarters caused by a certain incorrigible little menace, everything had been relatively peaceful.
Under Annie's personal guidance, Lin Daiyu had made astonishing progress. Although Annie instructed her for less than a quarter of an hour each day, Lin Daiyu had advanced from merely drawing qi into her body to the third level of the Qi Refining Stage. Her progress was astonishingly swift, leaving everyone at Rongguo Mansion, including Grandmother Jia, amazed.
After all, when Lin Daiyu had first arrived at Jia Residence, she had still been at the stage of drawing qi into her body. She hadn't even reached the first level of the Qi Refining Stage, and her health hadn't been very good either. But now, in less than three months, her cultivation had surged to the third level of the Qi Refining Stage. Even Tanchun, who had been learning alongside her, had made a breakthrough.
Even the two maids with rather mediocre aptitudes had successfully drawn qi into their bodies and reached the Qi Refining Stage. That was irrefutable proof that Annie, the Flame Immortal, had genuine expertise—or at the very least, that she knew how to guide people in cultivation.
All of this further confirmed that Annie, the "Flame Immortal," truly knew what she was doing when it came to teaching others how to cultivate. Her teaching style might have seemed perfunctory and casual, but the results were good, and that was enough.
In any case, when the news reached Grandmother Jia, the tangible results eased the reservations she had initially held toward Annie because of Baoyu.
After that, it