"Let's not talk so much for now. Let's find somewhere hidden first, then cultivate quietly and improve our strength," Huang Xiao said.
"Exactly. Every extra day we buy means a little more strength," Demon Phoenix said with a nod. "That damned old demon. If he'd told me sooner this was the kind of trial he meant, I would definitely have worked harder to improve my strength."
Huang Xiao shook his head slightly. "Let's go. We're too conspicuous here."
The two soon found a secluded little cave to use as a temporary hiding place.
"If we hide here and are lucky enough not to be discovered, how long do you want to stay?" Demon Phoenix asked Huang Xiao.
"I think we can give ourselves three days at most to get into condition. A hundred Enlightenment Realm experts in one month means killing at least three a day. We can't afford to delay," Huang Xiao said after some thought.
"All right, let's settle on that for now. I'm just afraid we'll be discovered in less than half a day and won't get anywhere near that much time," Demon Phoenix sighed. "We'll take turns cultivating. When one of us enters meditation, the other must stay alert."
"That works. Let's switch every shichen," Huang Xiao said.
And so they began cultivating there, hoping only that those people would not find them so soon.
Unfortunately, they did not know that even the first batch Huo Lian sent out would have to wait until the fifth day. Otherwise, they would not have needed to be so tense.
Then again, under such tremendous pressure, both Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix achieved extraordinary results in their cultivation. A single shichen of cultivation equaled three shichen under normal circumstances, or even more.
Three days soon passed. Huang Xiao assessed