Elsewhere, Shi Hao followed Wang Xi into the Clear Dawn Secluded Grove. Birds sang and flowers scented the air in this blessed cultivation abode, which brimmed with spiritual energy. Birds and beasts, all kinds of spirit medicine and sacred medicine-it had everything. Some Divine Medicines were even running around merrily.
Shi Hao sighed in admiration. "You core disciples have it far too good. This abode is even better than those Great Sects in the Three Thousand Provinces."
Wang Xi's two followers, one named Chen Nuo and the other Su Lan, said disdainfully, "How could the Three Thousand Provinces of the Lower Realm compare to the Nine Heavens?"
Shi Hao retorted, "But the Free and Unfettered Young Master and Human-Demon Desolate both came from the Three Thousand Provinces, along with a whole bunch of extraordinary geniuses who cultivated three strands of immortal qi. There are more of them than in the Nine Heavens. Can your Nine Heavens compare?"
The two followers were struck speechless, unable to offer a reply. Reality was cruel!
Seeing their stifled expressions, Shi Hao said solemnly, "So stop thinking you're a cut above everyone else all day long. In this cruel world, no matter how noble your birth, without powerful strength, everything is just drifting clouds."
Wang Xi sternly warned the two servants, "I don't want to hear that kind of talk again."
The two servants respectfully withdrew outside. They were not qualified to enter the depths of the abode.
Wang Xi led Shi Hao deep into the Clear Dawn Secluded Grove and told him, "Cultivate here for now. I'll ask an elder about Human-Demon Desolate."
After bringing Shi Hao to her abode, Wang Xi had not been as enthusiastic as she had been in the square. Her earlier behavior had been an act for Princess Yueyue,