Although he had cultivated just as diligently before, she still keenly sensed that something was amiss. But since he said nothing, she did not ask.
Just as the Demoness gazed toward Shi Qingyun's room in a thoughtful daze, the heaven and earth essence suddenly stalled before slowly dispersing, and the fluctuations coming from the room gradually subsided.
"Creak."
As the door opened, wisps of Dao resonance drifted out. Shi Qingyun walked slowly out, his expression perfectly calm.
But the instant he looked up and saw the Demoness, his icy expression changed, quickly giving way to a smile.
"Xuanzhi."
He slowly walked over to her and, seeing her lost in thought, called softly.
His gentle voice drifted into the Demoness's ears, immediately bringing her back. The moment she returned to her senses, she saw Shi Qingyun watching her from right before her, and a blush rose to her face.
"How did your cultivation go?"
Seeing the pleasure on Shi Qingyun's face, the Demoness asked, her eyes watching the changes in his expression.
At her cautious manner, Shi Qingyun froze briefly, realizing that his changes over the past few days had unsettled her.
He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her, holding her against his chest as he whispered in her ear.
"The results were fairly good this time. My cultivation has advanced a little further."
"I should be able to reach the middle stage of the Inscription Realm before long."
While the two were still cuddling, the Flying Boat entered the waters around the Kunpeng Nest. The sky grew darker, dense thunderclouds gathering overhead as flashes of lightning illuminated half the sky.
A strange sense of being watched came from beneath the calm water, as though something underwater were staring at the living beings above, giving rise to a hair-raising