Ran Chou no longer held much hope for his own cultivation. He knew his strength had probably reached its limit. Of course, he would not simply resign himself to his fate; he would keep going. After all, miracles could still happen.
"Speaking of the Nine-Turn Heaven and Earth, I went to see Maidafa again afterward." It was hardly appropriate for Ran Chou to read the cultivation method right then, so he put it away as he spoke.
"You really went to see him?" Huang Xiao asked.
When Ran Chou had said he wanted to obtain the complete Nine-Turn Heaven and Earth Heart Method from Maidafa, Huang Xiao had neither supported nor opposed it.
He simply had not expected Ran Chou to act so quickly. He had thought Ran Chou might wait a while, since Maidafa had only just handed over four levels of the method.
"I went straight to him and laid out the stakes..." Ran Chou recounted what had happened to Huang Xiao.
After hearing him out, Huang Xiao could only give a helpless, bitter smile. "Three days? Weren't you afraid Maidafa would fly into a rage and take the Nine-Turn Heaven and Earth Heart Method with him to meet King Yama?"
"Sect Master, I've met many people who aren't afraid to die. I also know Maidafa and the other two aren't people who cling to life and fear death. But people with unfulfilled wishes won't seek their own deaths. They'll make the wisest choice. With people like them, it's far more satisfying to come straight to the point than to wind around corners," Ran Chou said.
Huang Xiao nodded. Naturally, he agreed with what Ran Chou meant. He, too, hoped to obtain the complete method. Who would complain about having too many cultivation methods?
"Then let's wait for