Cao Ying: How Could My Judgment Be So Poor?

Within the Danta disciple dormitories in the Central Plains.

Lu Chuan had just ended his seclusion and stepped out of his room, letting out a long breath.

Although he had not gained much from this period of seclusion, he had at least organized the complete Primordial Creation Art.

Just as he was about to take a walk outside, he saw Dan Chen hurrying toward him.

"Brother Lu Chuan!" Dan Chen stopped before him, breathing lightly. "You're done with seclusion? I looked for you for ages. I thought something had happened to you."

Seeing how concerned she was for him, Lu Chuan felt somewhat moved and casually asked her a few questions.

Only after she was reassured did Dan Chen take his arm. "It's nothing. You hadn't come out for so long, so I was a little worried."

As he nodded, Lu Chuan left the dormitory with Dan Chen. The two walked side by side through the Danta corridors.

After walking for a while, Dan Chen suddenly said, "Brother Lu Chuan, I've recently encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation."

Though Lu Chuan had long known that Dan Chen had indeed reached a bottleneck recently, he still pretended not to understand and asked a few questions.

Dan Chen sighed. "I've been stuck at the four-star Dou Emperor level for more than half a year. No matter how I cultivate, there's been no breakthrough or progress. I don't know what's wrong."

"I've tried many methods and taken quite a few pills, but I'm stuck here and simply can't advance."

Dan Chen's face had carried a trace of frustration when she said this. She had been an alchemy prodigy since childhood and had rarely encountered major obstacles in cultivation, but being stuck at the four-star Dou Emperor level for over half a year had made her anxious.

Hearing this, Lu Chuan fell silent for a moment before taking a scroll from his robes and handing it to her.

Seeing the scroll he offered, Dan Chen accepted it and opened it for a look. She froze on the spot.

"A... a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique?!"

When Dan Chen spoke, even her voice changed. Her eyes widened as she stared at the scroll in her hands, her expression gradually turning to shock.

"Brother Lu Chuan, where did you get a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique?!"

If she had not seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.

After all, there were only a handful of Heaven Tier Cultivation Techniques in the entire Dou Qi Continent. Every one of them was a treasure guarded closely by major factions and rarely shown to outsiders.

How could Lu Chuan, a Nine-Star Dou Zhe with a damaged dantian, possibly produce a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique?

And not only had he taken one out, he was giving it to her without a second thought?

The more Dan Chen thought about it, the more unbelievable it seemed. Even the hand holding the scroll trembled slightly.

"Brother Lu Chuan, this technique is far too precious. I can't accept it..." Dan Chen said, though her eyes could not help flicking back toward the scroll.

Though she was the Dan Family's alchemy prodigy, she had never even seen what a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique looked like.

She would be lying if she said she was not tempted, but the technique was simply too precious. She felt she could not accept it.

Lu Chuan smiled at the sight of her expression. "Take it. It's useless if I keep it, and this is exactly what you need for cultivation."

"Moreover, after cultivating it, the Dou Qi within your body will become inexhaustible. It should help you break through your bottleneck."

She was even more shocked upon hearing this. "Inexhaustible? Is this technique really that heaven-defying?"

Lu Chuan nodded but did not explain further.

Dan Chen looked at the scroll in her hands, then at Lu Chuan, as countless questions rose in her heart.

Just where had Brother Lu Chuan obtained this Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique?

He was only a Nine-Star Dou Zhe. He normally could not even claim Danta's ordinary resources, so how could he possibly have a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique?

Seeing that Lu Chuan did not wish to continue discussing it, Dan Chen did not press him further.

"Then... thank you, Brother Lu Chuan," Dan Chen said softly, though she was still thinking about it.

Lu Chuan smiled. "Come on, let's head back."

The two continued walking side by side. Dan Chen occasionally lowered her head to look at the scroll in her arms, feeling as though it were all a dream.

At the same time, inside Cao Ying's room.

Cao Ying had just finished meditating and was about to take a walk outside when a golden light suddenly flashed before her eyes.

The bewildered Cao Ying immediately reacted and fixed her gaze on the Sky Screen that appeared overhead.

The Sky Screen displayed the scene from moments ago: Lu Chuan casually took out a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique and handed it to Dan Chen.

Cao Ying froze when she saw it.

She stood there without moving, staring fixedly at the image on the Sky Screen as her expression grew more and more complicated.

"A Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique... He can actually take out a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique so casually..."

Honestly, if one had not heard it personally, who would believe it?

She had already learned from the previous Sky Screen that Lu Chuan was a Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint, but knowing it was one thing. Seeing him casually take out a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique and give it away was an entirely different kind of shock.

A Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique—something the entire Danta could not produce even if all its resources were combined—yet Lu Chuan had simply given one to Dan Chen without even blinking.

And the reason he gave it to Dan Chen was merely because she had encountered a bottleneck in cultivation and he wanted to help her break through it?

Noticing Dan Chen's shocked expression on the Sky Screen, Cao Ying felt indescribably excited and stunned.

She even began to regret it.

At the wedding, she had pointed at Lu Chuan's nose before so many people and cursed him for being selfish, for holding Dan Chen back, and for not being worthy of her.

But what about now?

He was a Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint who could casually produce a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique. What was she worth in comparison?

As she bit her lip, Cao Ying felt regret rising within her as well.

If she had not stepped forward to stop that wedding, if she had not humiliated Lu Chuan in front of so many people, perhaps she could have formed some connection with such an expert too.

Even if she could not become his wife like Dan Chen, she could at least have become a friend or ally.

But now? She had offended him beyond repair. It was already fortunate enough that he had not come to settle the score with her.

The more Cao Ying thought about it, the more regretful she became. Her heart felt as though a massive stone were pressing down on it.

How could she have been so blind back then?

He was a Nine-Star Peak Dou Saint-level expert, yet she had been narrow-minded and shortsighted enough to regard him as trash.

Thinking about it now, everything she had said back then was nothing more than a joke.

The image on the Sky Screen gradually faded, but Cao Ying remained where she stood, her expression filled with regret and bitterness.

Looking up in the direction where the Sky Screen had vanished, she softly murmured, "Sister Dan Chen... you truly married an extraordinary man."

As for herself, she would likely never have such an opportunity in this lifetime.