After Zhang Tie made Yan Feiqing her first long dress, even he could sense that the tension between them was no longer drawn as tight as before. Whenever Yan Feiqing was cultivating, Zhang Tie would go up to the platform every ten days or so to chat with her for a few words and tease her a little. Each time, he would slip away just before Yan Feiqing truly lost her temper.
Zhang Tie never stayed long—at most, only a few minutes. That amount of time had no effect whatsoever on Yan Feiqing's cultivation. For a Phantom Knight, focusing one's mind to enter the elemental realm and condense elements was as simple as holding one's breath for an ordinary person. Zhang Tie did not disrupt Yan Feiqing's cultivation; on the contrary, with him to break the monotony, even Yan Feiqing felt that the road of cultivation was no longer quite so dull and stifling, but held a little more ease and pleasure.
The strong kept company with solitude and the stars—those words were true. Yet if, during the long course of cultivation, beneath the endless starry sky of the Time Tower, on that lonely journey of climbing toward the peaks of cultivation, there could be someone by one's side, it was a good thing for both Zhang Tie and Yan Feiqing.
At least for Zhang Tie, this entry into the Time Tower was far more interesting than the last because Yan Feiqing was there. Sixty years might seem very long to ordinary people, but to a Phantom Knight seeking to advance to Sky Knight, or to a Grand craftsman aspiring to become a Divine craftsman, that amount of time was not considered long.
To have a beauty by his side in the Time Tower—what greater joy could there be!
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