Though Zhang Xiaohua greatly envied his own aptitude, he was also extremely careful with his little life. Having learned the first level of the Spirit Guiding Technique, he did not rush to cultivate the second. Instead, for several days in a row, he patiently recited the first level's mnemonic formula, continuing to temper his Alchemy Heart with it.
The Alchemy Heart within the Niwan Palace had originally been spinning endlessly, surging without cease and sending out profound, mysterious ripples. This made it even more stable, while the invisible core within it grew ever firmer. Needless to say, many of the hidden dangers of the Azure Blood Alchemy Heart were gradually being patched up.
By the second month of spring, Zhang Xiaohua had already begun cultivating the second level formula of the Spirit Guiding Technique!
In addition, Zhang Xiaohua had obtained an emerald-green jade slip from the Library Pavilion of Misty Manor. During his spare time, he had taken it out and examined it carefully. The restrictions upon it were exceedingly difficult to unravel. Zhang Xiaohua tried several methods, yet none succeeded in breaking them, so he could only put it back into his money pouch for the time being. In any case, he now had the Spirit Guiding Technique to cultivate. If he took on another cultivation method as well, he would only bite off more than he could chew. Better to choose one and cultivate it wholeheartedly first. Besides, did he not usually pay close attention to talismans and formations precisely to seek a solution for the jade slip? Once the time and opportunity ripened, it would naturally be opened.
At noon that day, Zhang Xiaohua's party of three, along with Huanhuan the Four Unlike, arrived beside a peach grove. The grove was filled with blooming pink peach blossoms;