"Brother-in-law, boo-hoo-hoo, Brother-in-law! Big Sister keeps forcing me to practice all day long—I'm going to be trained into an idiot!" Bing Xiulan seemed to be venting every grievance she had, crying as though her heart had shattered.
"You were already silly to begin with. How much stupider can you get?" Zhou Heng said heartlessly.
"Bad brother-in-law! Rotten brother-in-law!" Bing Xiulan stamped her foot and pointed at Zhou Heng and Bing Xinzhu. "You two are both bullies! Boo-hoo-hoo, you wicked Big Sister and brother-in-law! Just wait until this lady surpasses you—then I'll beat you up every time I see you!"
"Then you'd better hurry up and cultivate." Zhou Heng tossed her aside and turned to Bing Xinzhu. "Are you all right?"
Bing Xinzhu nodded gently, then looked at Zhou Heng. "And you?"
"I'm fine too," Zhou Heng said.
"I can't take this anymore—I'm dying of sweetness!" Bing Xiulan wailed from the side.
After two years apart, the sisters' cultivation had both advanced by leaps and bounds. Bing Xiulan truly had been drilled mercilessly; she had now broken through to the Sunflare King. Given her laziness, this was simply an unbelievable leap forward!
Bing Xinzhu had gone a step further, rising to the Ascension Emperor. At her age, such cultivation was unmatched in Immortal Severance City—but compared to Zhou Heng, it paled into insignificance.
Bing Xinzhu felt only pride in Zhou Heng's achievements, without the slightest hint of jealousy. He was her future husband, after all!
A day passed, and the final deadline Zhou Heng had given the great clans of Immortal Severance City arrived.
Taiyi Sect and the Dongguo Family had long since handed over their two ingredients. The great clans had also gathered the remaining four ingredients. In the end, they chose to compromise with Zhou Heng, because they simply