Clearly, Tan Chengcheng was very busy.
After fishing Zhang Yuan out and arranging for him to stay at the Eldest Princess's residence, she had not visited once in the month that followed, as though Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun were not even there.
Zhang Yuan was happy to enjoy the peace and quiet. Aside from spending his days in the courtyard with Xiao Yuanjun, he only occasionally went out to buy food. They would have dinner together, then go to bed and rest. It was a very pleasant life.
That night, at Zi Hour.
The full moon shone high overhead.
Inside the bedroom, Zhang Yuan sat propped against the bed, while Xiao Yuanjun lay beside him wrapped in a quilt, resting on her stomach as she leafed through a cultivation manual laid out on the bed.
It was not a method of the Sha Ingestion Gang Devoration Path, but a technique of the Qi Sea Uniting Spirit Dao-the signature art of the Eastern Cen Palace of the Azure Sea that Chi Guanguan had given him earlier, the Azure Vault Vast Sea Art.
Xiao Yuanjun read through it carefully, then shook her head slightly.
Zhang Yuan asked curiously, "Why are you shaking your head, Master? Is the technique no good?"
As the signature art of a top-tier power, the Azure Vault Vast Sea Art had extremely demanding cultivation requirements, and its quality ranked among the finest in the Qi Sea Uniting Spirit Dao. Surely it could not be that poor.
"The technique is decent enough. It's just that this Qi Sea Uniting Spirit Dao, hmm... isn't very interesting. It can't be cultivated alongside the Sha Ingestion Gang Devoration Path. To cultivate both, you would first have to reach Spirit Transformation in the Qi Sea Uniting Spirit Dao."
Xiao Yuanjun rolled onto