"How did it go? Is there any danger?" Bai Qingqian was full of worry.
Hou Niao reassured her, "Don't worry. I'm not going far, just staying in Year-End City to help Tianxin Pavilion by serving as a blade-testing stone. You shouldn't worry about this stone of mine. You should worry about those True Disciples coming full of hope. Their luck isn't very good..."
Bai Qingqian smiled with pursed lips. "If you could use your Flying Sword, I wouldn't worry at all. But if they restrict the swordsmanship you're best at, what will you have left? Just those two rays of Profound Light?"
Hou Niao thought nothing of it. "For a true swordsman, having a sword or not makes no difference. Without a sword, I still have fists the size of sandbags!"
Since there was still time, he naturally had to get moving. Aside from cultivating, his first task now was figuring out how to grow a Strange Stone Orchid in this little courtyard.
His understanding of Gu Sou had gone from vague to hazily outlined. It was still far from clear, but he knew that every word the old man said pointed to something; none of it was idle talk.
He brought over a Strange Stone Orchid, wanting to know why these hardy plants could not survive in this courtyard alone.
And so a very strange scene appeared in the courtyard: Bai Qingqian bustled about tidying things up, while he stared silently at the Strange Stone Orchid.
He was not actually staring blankly, but carefully observing what had happened to the Wood Element aura surrounding the Strange Stone Orchid that left it unable to support the plant's growth.
The mysteries of the Five Elements still lay somewhat beyond the understanding of cultivators in the Three Heavens Realms. In many respects,