Farming

"A-Xu worked so hard. I'll treasure this Shadow Recording Stone forever."

"Seeing how hard A-Xu fought to win makes me look forward to next year's Five Sects Assembly."

Wen Xu was at a loss for words, so he fell silent.

But the Divine Venerable Cheng Wei clearly needed no prompting from his disciple. He could happily go on by himself: "I'd saved three criticisms for you, but now it seems one will do."

That was just like him. If Jun Zhaoying saw this Shadow Recording Stone, she'd... Heh. She wouldn't dare come up Yonglu Mountain to pick another fight with him.

"By the way, what reward did you get?"

Wen Xu hadn't won, so naturally he couldn't get the Secret Realm Slot he wanted. The other two rewards made little difference to him. Now that the Windfold Fan had been reforged, it would serve him all the way to the Nascent Soul stage. After weighing his options, he chose fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

"What? Only fifty thousand Spirit Stones? Is our sect doing that badly lately?"

"...Master, don't say that," Wen Xu said. Sect Master Gu would be upset if he heard.

"But it's true. Still, your sword is excellent. You don't need any other magical implements." The Divine Venerable Cheng Wei plainly understood the situation. "As for the secret realm on the back mountain, I think you'd be better off entering after Foundation Establishment."

"That secret realm really is well suited to your training. But the benefits are greatest on your first visit. You'll understand why I said that when the time comes."

In other words, there was no point asking now. Cheng Wei wouldn't tell him.

Wen Xu knew his master's temperament well enough not to ask. Lately, instead of cultivating frantically as he had before, he had