The Joy of the Xiao Man Festival

Since the Old Ancestor was away, the questions surrounding the Five-Colored Ruyi Pearl were not matters that needed urgent answers. It would be enough to figure them out before attempting a breakthrough into the Cave Illumination Realm.

Duan Rong bade Chu Wushang farewell and returned to the Cultivation Secret Chamber within the Lü Family Estate.

The moment he sat down on the prayer mat in the corner of the secret chamber, another two months passed.

With Duan Rong absent, Xiao Yu and Zhu Xiaoqi had initially found their new courtyard fresh and exciting after moving in. But as the days dragged on, they grew bored. Lü Qingzhu, on the other hand, was even more capable than the two of them of keeping her temper.

Shen Mizhi practiced bitter cultivation in the courtyard. Although Lü Qingzhu had only recently recovered and still could not cultivate, she too used a sword, and would occasionally offer Shen Mizhi a pointer or two.

As time went by, Shen Mizhi often came to seek her guidance.

Seeing that Shen Mizhi worked for Duan Rong and cultivated with such diligence, Lü Qingzhu held nothing back. Besides, she had nothing else to do, so every time she guided Shen Mizhi, she did so in great detail, benefiting Shen Mizhi immensely.

Over time, Shen Mizhi's attitude toward Lü Qingzhu grew increasingly respectful. She practically treated her with the courtesy due a master, and though the two were close in age, it did not diminish Shen Mizhi's reverence for Lü Qingzhu in the slightest.

This was because Lü Qingzhu's guidance differed from Duan Rong's. He would merely utter a single sentence that pierced straight to the crux, leaving everything else for Shen Mizhi to comprehend and explore herself. More often than not, she had to rack her brains until