"That's more like it."
Satisfaction showed in True Person Apricot Robe's eyes, and the conversation turned to his cultivation:
"How is your cultivation coming along? When can you break through to the late stage?"
Zou Xing'an stopped and turned back.
"With your resources to support me, True Person, my cultivation has been advancing a thousand miles a day. I expect I can enter seclusion to attempt a breakthrough very soon."
"Good. Focus on your cultivation. There will be no shortage of rewards for you in the future."
The True Person seated above took a keen interest in his cultivation, tossing him another jade vial.
"Here, take these Pills and consume them. Don't stint on resources. If you run out, come ask me for more."
Zou Xing'an caught the jade vial. It held another full bottle of spiritual Pills, their fragrance spilling out, their quality superb. He hastily bowed low.
"Thank you for your generous gift, True Person. Xing An is overwhelmed."
He had met this True Person when he was young and received a manual for the "Xun Wood" cultivation method, which offered a path straight to the Purple Mansion realm. He had believed it a fortuitous encounter and been overjoyed.
Thus, even though the Zou clan passed down the Dao of "True Fire," he had still cultivated Xun Wood. Just as he reached Foundation Establishment, this True Person had come calling again, revealed a Purple Mansion cultivation base, and pushed him into the public eye while secretly taking complete control of the Zou clan.
In recent years, the True Person had repeatedly bestowed Spirit Treasures and spiritual Pills upon him, sending his cultivation soaring a thousand miles a day. He had overtaken his brothers despite his later start and now stood at the threshold of the middle stage, soon