So what, am I supposed to praise your extraordinary talent?
Senior Black Mist really knew how to make a sarcastic remark. Bian Chunchou huffed and puffed through his cultivation, and sheer stubbornness let him recover quite a bit. When he opened his eyes, he was delighted to find himself almost at Late Golden Core.
Wow. I'm catching up to Britain and overtaking America! Bian Chunchou emerged from seclusion feeling wonderful, only to discover... reality was harsh. In other words, his friends who cultivated like their lives depended on it were about to teach him a lesson.
"Wait, you advanced two stages in one go?"
Chen Zui nodded happily. "Of course. Is there a problem?"
Then he looked at his other friend. Great. Wen Xu-Xu was now fiftieth on the Prodigies Ranking. Bian Chunchou had climbed to fifty-ninth himself, but... wasn't this all happening a little too fast?
"Chunchou, have you decided how to explain why the Black Mist vanished to the head of the Shu Household?"
Bian Chunchou had meant to tell the truth, but the Black Mist did not want anyone to know he was still alive. So Bian Chunchou handed the explanation over to Wen Xu-Xu. He had no idea what Wen Xu-Xu told the head of the Shu Household, but they left Pingshui City the next day.
Yun Zhilan and Wang Li had wanted to thank them in person, but they never got the chance because... Senior Black Mist was in too much of a hurry. Shu Jinze also came to ask him for the Radiant Flow, saying he wanted to improve it further and would have someone deliver it to him before the Five Sects Assembly at the latest.
After leaving the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, they had been through one trial after another. They had spent