Once Jiang Man began to suspect that the woman was Meng Qiewei, he had already decided in his heart that she was Meng Qiewei.
He believed his instincts could not be wrong.
Looking at her, he sensed a kind of beauty.
He had only ever found this beauty in Meng Qiewei.
It was very likely the feeling of looking at his dao companion.
Whatever the case, Jiang Man could not regard her as an ordinary person.
Nor could he ignore her.
As a result, he spent an incense stick's worth of his cultivation time unable to concentrate properly.
Left with no choice, he could only go to the Fifth Courtyard for a lesson to settle his mind.
But he had only just arrived when he heard news about Zhao Tiankuo.
"He's already reached Foundation Establishment?" Jiang Man was surprised.
He could not be sure how the man had succeeded.
Could he be a Peerless Heavenly Prodigy like himself?
After briefly thinking back, Jiang Man did not feel that the man was a Peerless Heavenly Prodigy.
Had he hidden it?
That was possible. In that case, could the extra aura on him have something to do with the man?
He still could not be sure.
But something was definitely off about him.
After asking about the reason, Wei Beichuan said, "I heard there's a discernible path behind his success.
"First, he obtained the qualification to enter the Qi Refining Secret Realm through the Cloudfront Office. Then he gave up his Cloudfront Office ranking, restarted his cultivation ahead of time, and practiced the Advancement Method alongside it. That also required someone in the Sect to buy him a cultivation qualification.
"With those qualifications, all that remained was hard work.
"When entering the Sect, it's best to enter the Qi Refining Secret Realm