Compared to ordinary Golden Core cultivators, Zhuo Mengzhen had a certain advantage: she could buy pills from Liu Yu at an "insider price."
Together with her earnings from working for him and her income as a second-tier Formation Master, this was more than enough to support her daily cultivation.
She had even acquired another treasure or two.
Over the past twenty-five years, aside from running errands for Liu Yu and earning spirit stones, she had never neglected her cultivation or the honing of her combat skills.
Zhuo Mengzhen had reached the Golden Core Middle Stage not long after Liu Yu.
Only her severe injuries midway through, which had caused her cultivation to fall, had delayed her considerably. She had needed to recover her vitality and cultivate back to her former level.
But Liu Yu practiced Three Paths Cultivation, and his ninth-grade golden core required him to accumulate an immense amount of magic power.
She cultivated only the path of Qi Refining, so her progress was considerably faster and consumed far fewer resources.
With cultivation conditions better than those of ordinary Golden Core cultivators, coupled with a foundation that was not particularly substantial, reaching close to the peak of the middle stage within several decades was fairly unremarkable.
In the fading sunset, Liu Yu braced both hands against the windowsill and leaned out, quietly watching the female cultivator practice her swordsmanship, a faint smile on his lips.
Although Zhuo Mengzhen's strength amounted to little in his eyes now, her determination was commendable. At least she would not become a burden in the future.
If danger arose, she would also have some ability to protect herself.
Compared to Jiang Qiushui and Ji Ruyan, Zhuo Mengzhen is more determined to excel.
But that is good, too.
As the excitement of his breakthrough faded