A Daughter of the Su Family Comes of Age (If I Add Chapters, I'm Adding Two. Don't Ask-I Feel Like It)

The room was silent.

This was the first time Su Jiu had asked Chu Luohen a question about the "Jade Moisture, Ice Clarity" cultivation art.

Yet after she asked, Chu Luohen seemed to freeze solid, saying nothing.

Only after an unknown stretch of time did his brow gradually relax. He said coldly, "Jade Moisture, Ice Clarity won't present any bottlenecks for you. You've simply practiced it too quickly, and your Cultivation Level can't keep pace with the art. Once you reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, the art will naturally advance with it."

After that, he said not another word and closed his eyes to meditate.

Su Jiu felt that something was weighing on her Junior Granduncle's mind, but his expression made it clear that he did not wish to speak of it. She bowed with her hands clasped and returned to her quarters.

Once Su Jiu left, Chu Mojin came in again, cradling his wine gourd.

Although Chu Luohen was cultivating with his eyes closed, cold air poured from him as though it cost him nothing. Chu Mojin knew at once that his younger cousin was in a foul mood again. He sat on the cushion beside Chu Luohen and studied him at close range: a handsome, heroic brow, a high nose, red lips, and white teeth. Suddenly, Chu Mojin recalled a saying among ordinary folk. What was it again? An arsonist of women's hearts.

His lips curved, and his thoughts drifted unwittingly. With looks like his cousin's, surely he was born to set women's hearts ablaze.

The temperature around Chu Luohen dropped another few degrees. "Stop looking at me with that disgusting gaze," he said coldly.

Chu Mojin cleared his throat and gathered his wandering thoughts. "Who upset you this time?"

Then he muttered to himself, "That can't be