"No. Cai Zhu's Free Heart Art has reached a critical stage. She must not be disturbed by outside influences. Keeping Shen Luo on the mountain would do Cai Zhu harm rather than good. Helping him advance his cultivation another step will be enough to repay the favor he did for Mount Putuo," Qinglian Fairy said calmly.
Perhaps affected by the great battle a year ago, Qinglian Fairy seemed even colder and more detached than before.
The white-haired old man and the bronze-skinned brawny man sighed inwardly at this, but said nothing.
At Shen Luo's residence, the vast blue light filling the entire room rapidly contracted and sank into his body.
He slowly opened his eyes, delight appearing on his face.
After more than a year of secluded cultivation, he had finally absorbed that drop of Heavenly Water Dew not long ago. His cultivation had risen accordingly, reaching the Peak Mid-Out-of-Body Stage.
Feeling that he was in good condition, Shen Luo attempted a breakthrough. He had not held much hope to begin with. After reaching the Out-of-Body Stage, every breakthrough was exceedingly difficult and required either a flash of insight or external assistance.
Yet something that left him speechless happened. With the aid of his dream experience, he broke through the bottleneck without the slightest obstruction, entering the Late Out-of-Body Stage as naturally as water flowing into a channel.
While secretly rejoicing over obtaining the Jade Pillow, he circulated the Nameless Art to stabilize his realm.
A day and a night later, the door to the cultivation chamber opened with a creak, and Shen Luo walked out.
A figure in white stood quietly in the hall. It was Bai Xiaotian.
"Brother Bai!" Shen Luo looked surprised.
He had been in seclusion for over a year this time and had assumed