The Azure Gate was currently one of the Nine Gates.
It was also the most mysterious of them.
No one even knew what qualified it for a place among the Nine Gates.
Each of the other eight had its own specialty, but no one even knew what its specialty was.
"You only noticed the sect's name. Did you notice a certain span of time?" Lin Xiaosu asked mysteriously.
"Time? What time?" Zhang Tao froze.
"Cui Hao said that before the beginning of last year, he was merely a scholar. Now, he's at the Peering into Heaven Apex!" Lin Xiaosu said. "Only a year and a half has passed since that Daoist brought him into cultivation. What level had you reached after your first year and a half?"
Zhang Tao's expression changed.
How far could anyone get in a mere year and a half?
He came from a family with a rich cultivation heritage, had a sect behind him, countless renowned teachers, and exceptional talent. Yet he had only built his Blood Pagoda after three years of cultivation.
Cui Hao, however, had reached the Peering into Heaven Apex in a year and a half.
Even more unbelievable was that his master spoke only three words a day.
If he followed the usual cultivation routine of a master explaining and a disciple practicing, he probably could not finish explaining a single cultivation manual in a hundred years.
How did that cultivation work?
"I very much want to know how this Daoist turned a scholar with no particularly outstanding foundation into someone at the Peering into Heaven Pinnacle in a year and a half. That is Cui Hao's assignment, and it's far more important than serving as my personal attendant."
Zhang Tao was truly impressed. "My lord, I heard every word Cui Hao