The next three days were remarkably peaceful.
No more cultivators came to visit, no one from the Prince of Ancheng came to test him, and even the Attendant Tower sent no one else.
Chen Cuo had a faint idea why.
Without a doubt, every faction was waiting for the Green Willow Gathering.
Until then, this was not only the calm before the storm, but also a rare stretch of peace for him.
That did not mean Chen Cuo made no preparations.
First, he burned a Talisman to contact Qiuyuzi outside the city, saying he had something to discuss with Peach Blossom Fairy. Qiuyuzi replied that someone also wanted to speak with Chen Cuo in person, though it was difficult to fix a time just yet. It should be before the Green Willow Gathering.
Chen Cuo also practiced every art he had obtained from the Eastern Observatory's third floor. After three days, aided by his Second Realm Dao Foundation, he had basically mastered all four except the Pure Yang Single-Qi Redlight Formula.
They were relatively basic arts, generally cultivated in the First Realm, and all suited Chen Cuo. Naturally, he picked them up quickly. The Pure Yang Single-Qi Redlight Formula, by contrast, was different.
"Compared with the other arts, the Pure Yang Qi Redlight Formula is enormously powerful. It has two parts: the first refines a single breath of qi, and the second condenses red light. The jade slip says that with that breath held in the chest, even Samadhi True Fire cannot harm you; Red Fire arches like a rainbow, its radiance stretching a hundred miles beneath the daylit sky. Formidable indeed! If it's truly that fierce, it's only natural that I can't master it at once. Besides, the fire already in my chest gives me quite an advantage."
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