Inside a room at Wondrous Fragrance Tower, a man and a woman lay on the bed. They were Qin Yunong and Dong Gang. Qin Yunong's hair was in disarray, and the flush had yet to fade from her face. Clearly, they had just finished making love.
Qin Yunong shoved Dong Gang beside her and said, "It's been fifty years already. Why haven't you captured that bitch Tianxiang? Didn't you boast that your Formless Spirit Light Grand Array was unstoppable?"
Dong Gang said, "Don't be impatient, beauty. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. That bitch Tianxiang has been operating for a long time; she must be hiding somewhere. But don't worry. Her power is gone now, and her cultivation is nothing remarkable. Even if you advanced to the Tribulation Stage now, you might not be weaker than she was back then."
Qin Yunong said, "With your help, my cultivation has advanced greatly over these fifty years, but it will still take me at least ten more years to reach the Tribulation Stage. And how do you know her cultivation hasn't improved? Besides, you haven't formed a core in these fifty years either."
Dong Gang laughed heartily. "Rest assured. Even if Tianxiang's cultivation has improved over fifty years, she absolutely could not have reached the late Tribulation Stage. And even if she had reached the late Tribulation Stage, she still couldn't be my match. As for why I haven't formed a core, isn't it because I haven't obtained the Purple Luo Flower and Azure Cloud Fruit? With cultivation like mine, if I were to form only a Void Core, that would be far too much of a loss."
Qin Yunong said, "Who would have thought Tianxiang would trade those two treasures to Yan Chihuo? Had we known, we