"Forget it. I was reaching a little too high. This is already unbelievable, really. Hu Wei was an expert even among those in the Enlightenment Realm, so with your true strength, you needn't worry about anyone in the Enlightenment Realm apart from those at its very peak," Demon Phoenix said.
Chen Mu should have counted as one of those at the peak. Perhaps there were people in the Enlightenment Realm stronger than him, but he ranked among that handful of experts.
Huang Xiao could not help thinking of Wu Cang. Perhaps Wu Cang was even stronger than Chen Mu.
"An increase in strength is a good thing, for both you and me," Huang Xiao said. "But there's something that leaves me uneasy."
"What is it?" Demon Phoenix asked with some curiosity.
"It concerns the cultivation methods for indestructibility," Huang Xiao said.
"Hmm?" Demon Phoenix gave a startled sound, then quickly caught on. "The Heavenly Demon Imperishable True Qi? Is there a problem?"
"It's a feeling I have, a conjecture," Huang Xiao said after some thought. "I just discovered that I have to expend my own true qi to sustain the use of Heavenly Demon Imperishable True Qi."
"Surely not? Why didn't you mention it before?" Demon Phoenix asked in puzzlement.
Huang Xiao had borrowed the Heavenly Demon Imperishable True Qi to fight enemies quite a few times recently. Surely he could not have been unaware of it?
"It was different. Before, I only activated a little Heavenly Demon Imperishable True Qi to increase my strength. I was still relying mainly on my own true qi, so even if I consumed a little extra, I didn't notice. Besides, even if I consumed more back then, it wasn't as obvious as this time. This time, I used the Heavenly Demon Imperishable True