Lin Xiaosu listened as she spoke of this knowledge with a trace of emotion. He blinked lightly. "Senior Sister, from what I've observed, you actually possess Sword Intent too, and yours is much stronger than mine."
"I... I only reached the Azure Flower Realm two months ago," Feng Ji said.
Lin Xiaosu pressed a hand to his forehead. "Senior Sister, you praised me until I was floating on air, and now you tell me you're an entire major realm above me. Were you praising me, or praising yourself?"
Feng Ji burst out laughing, her eyes curving into crescent moons. "I'm different. Don't compare yourself with me!"
"Other than being kind and adorable, what else is different about you? You have to tell me..."
Feng Ji shot him a sidelong glare. "Promise me something, and I'll tell you."
"Say it!"
"You're not allowed to coax people indiscriminately without principles. Whenever I hear you sweet-talking someone, I always feel like you're about to sell me off..."
"Listen to yourself, Senior Sister..." Lin Xiaosu was speechless. "Fine, I promise!"
"You can't tell anyone my secret..." Feng Ji said. "I'm actually not from this world..."
When Feng Ji first appeared in this world, she had been a skeleton.
A hundred years ago, that skeleton awakened a hazy consciousness of its own and began cultivating on instinct.
Then, she met Hua Miaoyi.
Hua Miaoyi had accidentally interrupted her cultivation and realized it afterward. Thus, she used the Secret Rejuvenation Art to pull her back.
Moved by Hua Miaoyi's kindness, she willingly became her disciple.
The two of them began a hidden bond of master and disciple, unknown to the world.
As she cultivated the Secret Rejuvenation Art, the pace at which her consciousness awakened accelerated. She recalled cultivation methods that seemed buried deep in her