"You silly girl, isn't a five-hundred-year-old snow lotus better than the Udumbara Immortal Flower?" Cao Wuxin said.
"It's good, sure, but who knows whether it can change white hair?" Luo Xue said, smacking her lips.
"It should. According to Gu Dongguo, this flower is especially important for women. Besides boosting cultivation, it can keep a woman's looks from aging for many years.
Wuxin, this flower is yours.
Just keep it in a Spirit Gathering Array normally. When you eat it, you can eat it one petal at a time.
Digest it slowly so you can absorb its nutrients better." Tang Wen lifted the flowerpot.
"Brother-in-law, is this a marriage proposal?" Luo Xue giggled.
"You wretched girl, what are you saying? Keep talking nonsense and I'll tape your mouth shut." Cao Wuxin's face instantly reddened, but she accepted the flowerpot.
"How about I go have a ring made?" Tang Wen chuckled awkwardly.
"Cut it out! Until my cultivation breaks through to the perfected Qi Nourishing Realm, I won't consider personal matters.
You'd better think hard about what to do tomorrow.
It's late. Hurry back to your room and sleep." Cao Wuxin pushed Tang Wen out of the room.
"Just my luck. A precious flower given away for nothing..." Tang Wen shook his head glumly, then turned and went back to his room to sleep.
At nine the next morning, over ten thousand people gathered at the Dragon Gate Sect's Heavenly Terrace.
The Heavenly Terrace was where the Dragon Gate Sect honored its ancestors, but it was also where experts challenged one another.
There was an enormous fighting platform there, built from refined iron sandalwood at considerable expense. It was said to withstand impacts from Qi Nourishing Realm experts.
Eighteen golden dragons were carved around the platform, baring their fangs and brandishing