Entering the Dao

He had thought he had no need for praise like that. But hearing it so suddenly, he heard his own heartbeat thundering in his ears. He opened his mouth and murmured, "Master, this disciple..."

Cheng Wei casually ruffled his youngest disciple's hair. "You're so wonderful. How could I not like you? Have a little confidence. You're the number one Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Cultivation Realm."

"Perhaps... I'm not," Wen Xu said, ever precise.

On this point, Divine Venerable Cheng Wei felt he had more authority to speak. "Don't doubt it. It's you. That friend of yours was born a little earlier than you."

"Master knows even that?"

"Of course. Everyone says I can read people's hearts. What, you don't believe me?"

Wen Xu said, "...I do."

"Then there you have it. Ah, the spirit wine spilled. It was quite good, too. Never mind, I'll rummage through the cellar for another bottle. A-Xu, get back to what you were doing. I'm off~"

But when Wen Xu looked up, his master was already nowhere to be seen.

Bian Chunchou had no idea that, of his two closest friends, one had thrown himself into Body Tempering in the Back Mountain Secret Realm, while the other had even begun pondering what path he would follow from here on.

Of course, even if he had known, he would only have sighed that both his friends were kings of working themselves to the bone, then redoubled his efforts to catch up. As it happened, he really was working hard to catch up already.

As an outsider to the Cultivation Realm, Bian Chunchou knew he was a little different from everyone else. But he was the sort of person who took things as they came. He had never troubled himself with questions like "Why did