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"Ah, I used to go there often too, but lately, I've felt signs that my Talisman Refinement Art is about to break through. I'm not really short on spirit stones, either, so I'll first advance to the Third-Tier Talisman Refining Art and take some High-Tier Talismans in with me. Then I'll be able to kill more demon beasts," Liu Qingshan said with a smile. In truth, there was another reason he had left unsaid. Since he had offended Senior Sister Zhang Hong recently, quite a few cultivators on Heavenly Capital Peak were unwilling to go hunting in Demon Beast Valley with him. In the past, his ample supply of talismans had made him very popular among his fellow disciples on Heavenly Capital Peak.
The two chatted and paused along the way as they returned to Heavenly Capital Peak. Once they arrived, Li Xiaoya said goodbye to Liu Qingshan, and each went off to attend to his own affairs.
After lunch, Li Xiaoya stopped by home to change clothes, then went to Senior Brother Liu Hang's cave abode. Ever since they had finished the Dao Scripture a few days earlier, Liu Hang had greatly reduced the material covered in their afternoon reading and writing lessons. Li Xiaoya had learned nearly all the characters he needed, and after reading most essays and other works a few times, he could more or less understand them on his own. He only needed Liu Hang's guidance on the occasional obscure or difficult passage. Thus, Liu Hang mostly left him to read in the study, occasionally calling him over to help plant or harvest spirit herbs.
When he reached the study,