After asking about what had happened, Dong Muyu asked for some more advice, then hurried away.
Chu Zhiyuan's experience had greatly stirred her. She could not wait to descend the mountain, roam the world, and slay demons.
Burning with fervor, she returned to cultivate.
Li Hongzhao, however, was in no hurry to leave.
The two held their teacups as they sat in the small pavilion, admiring the flowers in the beds.
The setting sun had dyed every flower red.
The entire courtyard had turned red.
Li Hongzhao's face seemed to have been brushed with a layer of rouge, adding several shades of allure to her stunning beauty.
She set down her teacup and chuckled. "You're curious about how my cultivation surged so drastically?"
Chu Zhiyuan nodded. "It makes no sense. I encountered a fortuitous opportunity down the mountain. What about you?"
"I found a fortuitous opportunity on the mountain." Li Hongzhao smiled smugly.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "There could be fortuitous opportunities on the mountain? I've never heard of that."
Li Hongzhao beamed like a flower. "No one expected that statue to actually be able to raise one's cultivation."
Chu Zhiyuan assumed an attentive expression.
Li Hongzhao said, "You inherited the Heavenly Sword Secret Scripture, while I inherited the Phoenix Blazing Heaven Scripture."
"Yes, I know. And then?" Chu Zhiyuan asked.
He had known that long ago; Li Hongzhao had told him before.
He had not thought much of it.
Among the Heavenly Sword Sect's martial arts, the Heavenly Sword Secret Scripture was naturally the strongest.
Had he not ascended from another world and possessed extraordinary talent, he would not have obtained the inheritance of the Heavenly Sword Secret Scripture either.
With that inheritance, cultivation was faster and its power greater, but those were merely two aspects. More importantly, one could