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"...Little Junior Brother, there's no need to say things like that out loud in the future." Their master was, after all, a Spirit Transformation venerable, with exceptionally sharp ears. If he happened to hear, he might make things difficult for you again. Though then again, with Little Junior Brother's brain, he would most likely fail to notice the little shoes their master had slipped him.

However, Chen Zui had merely been surprised that a Spirit Transformation venerable still needed sleep. He had thought that once cultivators successfully achieved Foundation Establishment, they had evolved beyond eating and sleeping.

Since he had already succeeded in Foundation Establishment, there was no reason to linger. The group flew their swords back to the sect and swiftly returned to Yonglu Mountain. Chen Zui first went to see Venerable Yanshan, then headed to their agreed meeting place to go down the mountain together for hotpot.

Though he felt that he could fast after Foundation Establishment, for some reason he did not want to turn down this hotpot meal meant to celebrate his successful breakthrough. So he went down the mountain with his two friends.

"Come to think of it, I'm a little curious."

Chen Zui glanced at him. "Curious about what?"

"Didn't you already give up on Foundation Establishment? How did you suddenly manage it? Did you find what you were lacking?" Although they had watched that Foundation Establishment attempt only to see nothing at all, perhaps asking would yield something useful.

Wen Xu was rather curious about this as well, but he was reserved by nature, and his personality dictated that he would not casually ask such questions.

"Oh, that? Actually, I don't know whether it counts." Chen Zui briefly described how he had felt while practicing with his blade. "But my master said that