Liu Changxu soon flew to the Number Nine Second-Tier Ascension Pavilion, a modest two-story white building in a secluded valley of the Violet Glow Mountain Range.
From the outside, the Ascension Pavilion looked utterly ordinary, with nothing remarkable about it. The surrounding valley was barren and flat, strewn with gravel, without a single precious spirit plant. Its only praiseworthy feature was the abundance of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, which was likely one of the main reasons the sect had placed the Ascension Pavilion here!
Although Liu Changxu had arrived at the Ascension Pavilion, he did not immediately enter to begin his secluded cultivation. Instead, he paced outside, waiting.
Before long, a streak of light flew in swiftly from the distance and landed beside Liu Changxu. It was his master, who would stand guard nearby for his treasured disciple, chiefly to prevent other cultivators from interfering with Liu Changxu's breakthrough.
Liu Changxu had originally planned to have his wife and Senior Sister stand guard for him, but now that his master Su Hao had returned, he was the most suitable person for the task.
"This disciple, Liu Changxu, greets Master. Thank you for coming to stand guard!"
Liu Changxu hurried forward and said:
"All right, there's no need for such courtesy between master and disciple. Go inside and begin your secluded cultivation!"
"Yes, Master!"
Liu Changxu promptly replied:
Then Liu Changxu summoned the Ascension Pavilion token and stepped inside.
The Ascension Pavilion's furnishings were extremely simple. Both floors were empty, apart from a jade bed and a meditation cushion in the first-floor hall. There was nothing else at all. Since the Ascension Pavilion was a single-use structure, destined to be destroyed after a cultivator formed a core and underwent the tribulation, there was naturally no need to place any other