Pear Blossom Courtyard was a secluded residence halfway up Taiyuan Peak, surrounded by pear trees.
It was already September, and the pear blossoms had long since fallen. Instead, the trees were laden with unusual green pears, each no larger than a child's fist. Their skins were translucent as jade, giving off a rich fruity fragrance.
Xiao Jinse sat on a soft couch beneath the eaves, absentmindedly watching the green pears hanging from the trees.
Her feelings were rather complicated at the moment. She worried that Gao Xian would not come, yet she was also afraid that he truly would.
The Founder had told her to seek Gao Xian's guidance. After pondering it for a long while, she felt the Founder's true intent was for her to cultivate together with Gao Xian.
The Joy Sect had two fundamental secret inheritances: the Nine Heavens Plain Maiden Scripture and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Scripture.
The Plain Maiden Scripture was, in truth, the path of dual cultivation, while the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Scripture followed the orthodox path of cultivation. The Supreme Wuji Mystic Maiden Myriad Arms Divine Talisman that she cultivated was a method most adept at battle and slaughter, and was also the Joy Sect's most important secret art for safeguarding the sect.
After cultivating for a thousand years, Xiao Jinse had also passed two fire tribulations and reached the middle stage of Spirit Transformation.
Among her generation, her cultivation speed was already among the very best. Even compared to the many genius experts across the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, she was no inferior.
Xiao Jinse had always taken pride in this—until Gao Xian attained the Pure Yang Dao a few years ago, dealing her an extraordinarily heavy blow.
She felt she still had a twenty to thirty percent chance