Within Su Jiu's Snow Domain, the snowflakes around her instantly seemed to gain minds of their own under her mental control, flying in a single direction.
Their target was a snow-covered rock.
Boom! The rock exploded, fragments flying everywhere.
Chu Luohen glanced at the rock, then withdrew his gaze without apparent concern.
"Not bad. Keep practicing."
What Su Jiu failed to notice was the sigh Chu Luohen let out the instant he turned away.
In truth, not everything in this courtyard belonged to its owner. A small portion consisted of things Chu Luohen had brought himself. Unfortunately, the ornamental rock Su Jiu had just blown apart was one he had placed there when he first arrived.
At the time, he had thought that patch of ground looked a little empty.
As for the ornamental rock's true owner... of course, it was Chu Mojin, who loved collecting fine things.
If that fellow found out, he would probably kick up a fuss for days again.
Forget it. Never mind.
It was only a piece of west reef spirit coral stone, worth a million spirit stones. If it was broken, so be it. It wasn't the first time, anyway.
A month flew by, and Su Jiu grew increasingly proficient in her arts. Not only had she mastered Snow Congealing and Snow Blade from "Snowfall," but she had also made some progress with Snow Dance and Snowmelt.
The other three moves, however, showed little progress.
Her Junior Granduncle said that, given her current cultivation, these four were already sufficient. There was no need to rush her practice of the final three moves.
Meanwhile, all sorts of things were happening in the world outside.
For instance, the young master of the Shu Family had sent someone to assassinate the young lady of the Lu