Afterward, Zhuo Qingyuan took Xiao Mao and bade farewell to return to the mountain. Before leaving, Xiao Mao asked Xiao Hua for a communication talisman and said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, whether it is in three years or five, if I send word to you then, I will repay the kindness you have shown me. If..."
Seeing Xiao Mao's eyes redden slightly, Xiao Hua hurriedly said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, do not overthink it. Cultivate properly in the Xunyan Sect. As Fellow Daoist Zhuo said, steadily stabilize your meridians. In a few years, you will surely become one of the Xunyan Sect's outstanding talents!"
"Alas, thank you, Fellow Daoist Xiao!" Xiao Mao gave a deep bow. Though it was not a grand salute, the respect in his eyes seemed no less than that of one.
Xiao Hua watched the pair fly away, then rose and flew off himself, hurrying toward Yanyuan City. During the following days of travel, Xiao Hua did not idle about. He read the "Samadhi True Fire" technique from beginning to end. Sure enough, just as Zhuo Qingyuan had said, it was a technique only Foundation Establishment cultivators could practice. Given Xiao Hua's current magical power, he should not have had the slightest hope of cultivating it!
Yet after Xiao Hua finished reading and memorizing the entire technique, he happened to circulate his magical power and cultivate according to its records. To his great delight, he discovered that he could actually practice a technique that only Foundation Establishment cultivators could cultivate!
How strange! Xiao Hua thought. Could Zhuo Qingyuan have been deceiving me?
That cannot be, either! Xiao Hua immediately rejected the notion. After pondering for a long while, he could only attribute it to his fire-natured body.
Xiao Hua was indeed correct. As mentioned before, Xiao Hua's body