Just as Liuli was busy pulling out the next sword, an old man dressed in a dark black Daoist robe suddenly appeared before her.
Seemingly accustomed to the old man's elusive comings and goings, the Young Girl sighed softly and asked, "Master, is something the matter?"
"Nothing. I merely came to see how far you have progressed." The old man shook his head slightly, glanced across the plain, and said indifferently, "You have not even completed one-tenth."
Why don't you take a look at how many swords there are here first?!
Liuli was on the verge of collapse. If she completed one-tenth in a year, wouldn't it take a full ten years to finish this trial?! By then, the grass on Hun Tiandi's grave would probably be over ten meters tall!
Seeing the girl's dejected appearance, the old man's lips curled slightly before his tone abruptly shifted. "The essence of this trial is to rapidly increase your strength while familiarizing you with the Sword Tomb, so that you can handle the inheritance afterward. But there is no rush. You have already achieved some initial results, so I shall specially grant you a period of leave. What do you think?"
"Really?" Upon hearing that the old man was granting her leave, Liuli's eyes immediately lit up as she hurriedly asked for confirmation.
The Black-robed old man nodded and asked, "What, you do not wish to rest?"
"How could that be? Hehe." Liuli instantly brightened, jogging behind the old man and raising her hands to knead his shoulders, her eyes curving into crescents. "Master, how many days of leave are you planning to give your disciple?"
"What do you think?" the Black-robed old man asked in return.
This time, Liuli was troubled. After hesitating for quite a while, she raised her head