The next morning, when Wu Xiumei came to the foot of the mountain again, she found the thatched cottage already empty. Only the flowers all around it bloomed in full regardless of the season.
He had left?
The third day, the fourth day... one month... half a year... two years... Zhou Heng never appeared again.
Wu Xiumei was despondent, feeling as though something precious had been lost. Yet what thrilled the entire Raging River Sect was that the sect master's beloved daughter seemed to have suddenly awakened. Her progress in the martial path became terrifyingly swift. Not only did she enter the Star Realm ahead of Lu Tong, but once she began, there was no sign of her slowing down!
One had to know that forming each new star in the Star Realm was no easy matter. It required not only an accumulation of Spiritual Power, but also comprehension. Without that comprehension, even a body brimming with Spiritual Power could not form a new star!
She and Lu Tong received identical treatment in cultivation. They took the same pills that increased Spiritual Power accumulation, in exactly the same quantities. Yet she needed only four months to form a star, while Lu Tong needed seven!
Who was the greater genius was obvious at a glance!
Thus, her importance immediately surpassed Lu Tong's. Of course, the Raging River Sect could not possibly give up on Lu Tong either. If both of them could grow into the Celestial River Realm, then the Raging River Sect would truly soar to great heights!
Everyone attributed Wu Xiumei's "awakening" to the fruits of long accumulation, but only Wu Xiumei herself knew that it was because of Zhou Heng!
But where in the world had that lord gone?
Another year later, the Sky Blue Sect, which had