Xue Fuyao looked at her master with utter sincerity.
Although she was indeed a genius, and although she was already at the late Golden Core stage, in all conscience, asking someone at the Foundation Establishment late stage to break through to Golden Core in three months was nothing short of a flight of fancy. After all, Xue Fuyao had only just emerged from seclusion.
Her master, however, had no such thing as a conscience. Faced with his young disciple's indignant complaint, Xie Yichu was utterly unconcerned. "What, do you have a problem with that? Even if you do, keep it to yourself. When I was your age, I had long since reached the Golden Core stage. Your talent is even better than mine, so you should have reached it even earlier.
"Your cultivation is only at the Foundation Establishment late stage right now. You must have spent far too much time having fun. Once this matter is over, you should come back with me and continue cultivating in seclusion."
Hearing her master say this, Xue Fuyao shook her head like a pellet drum and hurriedly said, "No, no! I only just came out of seclusion. I don't want to go back in! It's just breaking through to the Golden Core realm, isn't it? I can do it."
Had she known her master was dissatisfied with her cultivation, she would not have suppressed it so much.
Mainly, she was afraid that advancing too quickly would draw the attention of people with ill intentions. Besides, a lower cultivation would make it easier for her to play the pig to eat the tiger.
Only then did Xie Yichu nod in satisfaction. "All right. I'll wait for your good news."
At that, Xue Fuyao nodded vigorously. "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm!"
Seeing that her master had finally