Chapter 1196: You
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Hu Qian Ning nodded and smiled. "Aunt Leng, don't worry."
"Besides, I'm not alone. Aren't you here with me?"
"If anything comes up, I'll discuss it with you right away."
Hu Lenghui felt somewhat reassured by her words. "I hope so. Use your own judgment."
Tempering the heart in the mortal world was an exceedingly dangerous undertaking for those who cultivated their sect's supreme scripture, the Five Splendors Art of Karmic Seas and Passionate Waves.
All too often, the name "Karmic Seas and Passionate Waves" proved prophetic in this very process of tempering the heart.
In the past, their ideal partners for tempering their hearts had been the Heavenly Snow Women of the Ice Palace.
Yet this had also sown endless grudges and karmic entanglements.
They cultivated the flames of the seven emotions and six desires. Tempering their hearts meant refining the other person's heart of emotions and desires, but it could also recoil upon their own hearts, drawing them into the furnace themselves.
Chen Xiaojun knew nothing of Hu Qian Ning's reaction. Xue Chuanning's status had put him in quite a bind.
Had it been anyone ordinary, he could simply have given them a cold look and ignored them.
But Xue Chuanning had invited him three times already. Refusing again would be hard to justify and would leave everyone embarrassed.
He turned toward Chen Hua, only to see him shake his head gently, clearly disapproving of another refusal.
Besides, Chen Hua himself wanted to know what his nephew's songs were like.
Jixiang watched Chen Xiaojun with keen interest. Over the past year and more, he had quietly followed Chen Xiaojun's activities at Chang'an Academy.
In Jixiang's eyes, Chen Xiaojun excelled in both literary and martial pursuits, a peerless