Five days later.
At the Nourishing Heart Pavilion on the Seventh Peak.
"Although the Nourishing Heart Pavilion has a Spirit-Gathering Formation, as well as talisman formations that calm the mind and focus the spirit, their effects are actually quite limited if you only enter seclusion for a day or two."
After leading Xu Taiping to the entrance of the Nourishing Heart Pavilion, Second Senior Brother Qingxiao reminded him solemnly.
"Thank you for the reminder, Second Senior Brother. The Fourth Match of the Seven Peaks Grand Competition is in another four or five days. I want to rest and recuperate in the Nourishing Heart Pavilion and bring my body into its best condition."
Xu Taiping answered.
"You've put thought into this."
Qingxiao was somewhat moved by his words.
"The doors of the Nourishing Heart Pavilion only open between three and five each morning. At all other times, you can enter but not leave. Keep that in mind, and don't let it interfere with anything."
He gave Xu Taiping another reminder.
"All right, Senior Brother. I'll remember."
"Then go on in."
Qingxiao smiled and nodded.
Without another word, Xu Taiping strode straight into the Nourishing Heart Pavilion.
"With the state our fellow disciples are in now, we'll almost certainly lose the Fourth Match in a few days as well. I hope Taiping won't take too hard a blow when the time comes."
Watching Xu Taiping's retreating figure, Dugu Qingxiao murmured in a somewhat forlorn tone.
The second round of the Seven Peaks Grand Competition two days earlier, "Sword Roaming Cloud Lodge," should have been the round the Seventh Peak had the greatest hope of winning. But Eldest Senior Sister's old injury had flared up, completely burying that excellent opportunity.
But Eldest Senior Sister certainly could not be blamed. She had already been