"Of course. Master said I have the phoenix bone physique, and I cultivate ten times faster than other people.
"Unfortunately, I don't have a heaven-rank cultivation method. Otherwise, I would have entered the fifth rank long ago.
"Even now, I still haven't managed it. I can only be considered at the half-step fifth-rank realm.
"Once I reach the second grade, I'll be able to avenge the Gu Family," Gu Hanyan said, a little sadly.
"A half-step heaven-rank cultivation method will never let you enter the second-grade realm," Tang Wen said, shaking his head.
"I know. Nothing short of a heaven-rank cultivation method will do. But I'll fight for it even if it kills me, to see whether my phoenix bone physique can knock open the gates to the second grade," Gu Hanyan said.
"I doubt that's possible," Tang Wen said.
"I... I know... it's just... my heart won't give up... ah... the vengeance my Gu Family is owed..." Tears welled in Gu Hanyan's eyes.
"I do happen to have one," Tang Wen said.
"A heaven-rank cultivation method?" Gu Hanyan reached out and seized Tang Wen's hand.
"Of course." Tang Wen looked proud.
"M-Master, could you pass it on to this servant?" Gu Hanyan knelt, tears in her eyes.
"Yes, but you'll have to share my bed tonight. Only my woman is entitled to cultivate it," Tang Wen said.
"I..." Gu Hanyan lowered her head.
"Unwilling?" Tang Wen asked deliberately.
"I can't!" Gu Hanyan shook her head, stood up, and walked away, looking pitiful.
"It's heaven-rank high grade," Tang Wen called after her.
He noticed Gu Hanyan's body tremble, but in the end, she left without looking back.
The most direct way to bring a woman to heel was to make her his woman.
Of course, Tang Wen disdained doing such