For an entire month, Ning Xiaochuan drove to the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall every morning to browse through books, then drove back at night. After nightfall, he cultivated his first Innate Divine Power, Lightning Divine Beast, while comprehending the sword intent of the World Extinction Demon Sword.
Over that month, Ning Xiaochuan read more than three thousand volumes related to Heart Nourishers. He learned about over fifty thousand kinds of Mysterious Medicines of varying grades: their categories, medicinal properties, refining techniques, combinations, the refining process for Intermediate Pills, and more. He read every type of book, then analyzed and studied them on his own.
Of course, during that month, he also attended the Golden Roc Heart Nourishing Hall Master's lectures with Yu Qianqian and asked many questions about how to refine Intermediate Pills.
Sometimes, he and Yu Qianqian discussed Heart Nourishing Arts and studied pill theory together.
Yu Qianqian was also preparing to refine Intermediate Pills and become a true Intermediate Heart Nourisher. The two had many topics in common.
As they continued exchanging ideas, Yu Qianqian discovered that Ning Xiaochuan actually knew more than she did, and his knowledge was even more comprehensive. It dealt another blow to her confidence. Beneath Ning Xiaochuan's radiance, the halo of her own genius seemed to dim without a trace.
Throughout that month, Ji Hanxing still followed Ning Xiaochuan everywhere. Wherever Ning Xiaochuan went, she went. Sometimes, she still lifted Ning Xiaochuan straight off the ground, but he acted like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, letting her lift him however she pleased. Lift me however you want. I don't care!
Ji Hanxing had no way to deal with him. In the end, she stopped using force, though she still followed behind him like a beautiful ghostly shadow that could not