Just as Xiao Yuehong was about to put the last of the Spirit Gathering Fruit and Zhe Wu Grass for refining the Qi Nurturing Pill into the pill furnace, Xiao Xianrui, standing beside him, suddenly changed expression and looked toward the storage pouch at her waist.
Xiao Yuehong stopped and turned his head. "Xiao Rui, what is it?"
Seeing her father ask, Xiao Xianrui had no choice but to pat her storage pouch. A yellow talisman that gave off an exceptionally pleasant sound and faintly flickered with five-colored radiance appeared in her hand!
"Father, this... this is an invitation talisman Jiang Li of the Hundred Herbs Sect had Xiao Hua deliver. She invited your daughter to visit her Yaonong Peak after a hundred days of reflection in Jingxin Cave!" Xiao Xianrui lowered her eyes to the invitation talisman Jiang Li had sent, unease stirring in her heart. Over these past several dozen days, she had been investigating the secret of the Qi Nurturing Pill and had cast this matter to the back of her mind.
"The hundred-day period?" Xiao Yuehong was taken aback, then grinned and snorted coldly through his nose. "The Hundred Herbs Sect has counted the days rather precisely. Even I nearly forgot! But no matter how accurately they calculate, can they refine top-grade pills?"
"Of course they can't! Does that even need saying???" Zhang Qingxiao spoke first.
"Enough. I announce that your wall-facing reflection in Jingxin Cave ends today!" In high spirits, Xiao Yuehong waved his hand. "From now on, cultivation returns to normal!"
"Yes, Master, we understand!" Gong Mingwei and the others said with bows.
Tch, there was never... any real change anyway! Xiao Hua secretly chuckled. Though he did not know where Gong Mingwei and the others had been during these last several dozen days,