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For three days, Immortal Maiden Dong held nothing back in teaching him.
Unfortunately, Immortal Maiden Dong had obtained the Hundred Beauties Forehead Appliqué, not the Hundred Beasts Forehead Appliqué. Even if she had the latter, this woman probably would not have brought it out on an occasion like this. It would have been far too disrespectful. That was a game between people who knew one another well, and would not be appropriate for those who had come to apply.
Hou Du gained a systematic, comprehensive understanding of the mysteries of the Dual Cultivation Path. In truth, although the paths of cultivation differed, different roads led to the same destination, and all paths ultimately shared the same source. In some things, understanding one path opened the way to understanding them all, especially in a field like dual cultivation, with which he was hardly unfamiliar.
He did not particularly care about the so-called risks Immortal Maiden Dong had mentioned. His invincibility in close combat was no joke. If it came to covert infiltration within, what could withstand a sweep of his Profound Light, to say nothing of his wondrous, unfathomable Soul Realm?
There might be individuals who sought to control him through some means for their own ends. That, too, was a game, and he happened to enjoy games.
Three days later, Immortal Maiden Dong reluctantly withdrew from the Exotic Garden. From that day until the end seven days later, apart from the dual cultivation maidens coming to be assessed, no third person would enter the Exotic Garden.
He sat in the lofty pavilion at the center of the Exotic Garden, a zither beside him, incense in the burner, and paper