Moonlight Pavilion Courtesan, Lively Poetry Gathering!

[Lu Hua gazed at the smile on Xie Guan's face. It was like the first glimmer of dawn, golden rays piercing through clouds and mist to fall upon the young man's cheeks.]

[It was rather pleasing to the eye.]

[With her head hidden beneath a bamboo hat, there was no way for you to know how her expression had changed over the course of that night.]

["May I ask, Miss Lu, do I possess any talent on the path of Primordial Spirit cultivation? Could my progress be considered slow?"]

[Lu Hua curled her lips. "Not bad. Passable, I suppose."]

["And remember: you must not let your Primordial Spirit leave your body without authorization!"]

[Her figure was light and graceful, like a shadow beneath the Azure Heaven, like wisps of smoke drifting leisurely away through the courtyard gate.]

[Though your Divine Soul had already advanced to the third realm, you still could not trace her movements.]

[The Three Truths Sect? Her surname was Lu. It was said that the Grand Celestial Master of the Three Truths Sect was also surnamed Lu. Could she be a disciple of the Celestial Master?]

[Otherwise, how could she so casually produce a Hidden Talisman Scripture that led directly to the seventh realm of Primordial Spirit cultivators?]

[Though you had committed the Seven Arts of the Hidden Talisman Scripture to memory, the mysteries of the latter four arts were likely not something that could be grasped in a short time.]

[The first three arts—Spirit Turtle, Five Dragons, and Soaring Serpent—were originally for learning their visualization methods. To employ their principles, however, there was no need to draw such complicated diagrams. One only needed to inscribe the runes to cast them.]

[With a light twist of your two fingers, a flame leaped forth, yet it carried not