With his abundant knowledge, Chu Liang finally managed to deal with Zhang Xiaohan. Although she didn't dig up any scandals about Xue Lingxue from Nan Yin Fang this time, she did obtain explosive news about the dragon from Shu Mountain and the scandalous past of Lord Ding Shan's mansion, which made her quite satisfied.

 

After seeing her off, Chu Liang couldn't help but sigh.

 

Reading more books is indeed useful.

 

Back at Silver Sword Peak, he first went to the back hill to practice the Flying Leaf Swift Blade for a while.

 

After multiple rounds of practice, Chu Liang discovered that there were indeed some patterns to it. However, it was too difficult to fully grasp it. He could only rely on a lot of practice to summarize and understand the patterns.

 

He also observed the characteristics of Wen Yulong's weapon refining technique. He would focus on achieving a desired effect and completely ignore the possible negative consequences. The weapons he refined would undoubtedly be powerful, but they were also highly unbalanced and difficult to control.

 

He aimed at a tree in front of him and released the Flying Leaf Swift Blade dozens of times, causing the surrounding trees to be chopped into pieces, except for the targeted tree which remained intact.

 

Well.

 

Does this count as "protective aiming"?

 

Looking at the broken trees around him, Chu Liang felt that he should find a secluded place to practice next time. The trees on the various peaks of Shu Mountain were all for show, and chopping them into pieces was not aesthetically pleasing. Although he could go to the Alchemy Hall to get some catalyst powder for rapid growth and immediately grow a new forest…

 

But that would cost money.

 

After practicing for a while, he spared the remaining trees and returned to his own house. Checking the time, it had been almost an hour. Zhang Xiaohan's conversation with Jiang Yuebai should have ended by now.

 

He picked up a piece of white paper and started writing a message.

 

"Sister Jiang, you didn't look good today, seems like you're in a bad mood. Is there something bothering you?"

 

After finishing, he folded the paper into a paper crane, infused it with a bit of true energy, and the paper crane floated towards Bi Luo Peak.

 

After a while, the paper crane flew back.

 

Chu Liang opened it and there were only two words written on it: "Nothing wrong."

 

Heh heh.

 

Nothing wrong… that's strange.

 

If she really wasn't angry, her reply should be… No, what's wrong? How could that be? The weather is so nice today, I'm really happy for you, my student… and so on.

 

But he didn't expose her, instead he wrote again: "It's good that there's nothing wrong, I was worried. By the way, I just got some new flavors of fruit tea, I want to give them to Sister Jiang, let's meet at the usual place later."

 

This time, the reply came quickly, as expected, it was a rejection. Jiang Yuebai replied with just three words, "Next time then."

 

Chu Liang replied again, "If you're free today, why not today? We haven't seen each other for so many days, Hakutaku keeps telling me that it misses you."

 

If it was a normal rejection from Jiang Yuebai, he wouldn't say much. But now that she was in a bad mood, if he didn't try a little harder, she might really get cold.

 

Just a moment later, the paper crane flew back again. Chu Liang opened it and saw only two words: "I didn't know it could talk… Fine, let's meet at the usual place later."

 

Seeing this, Chu Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

 

…

 

When he arrived at Bao Ta Peak, Jiang Yuebai was already in the Water Curtain Cave, and the cave echoed with the joyful cries of the Hakutaku cub.

 

"Olo lo—"

 

Chu Liang walked in with several cans of fruit tea with different flavors and smiled, "I told you it missed you, right?"

 

As soon as Chu Liang approached, the Hakutaku cub immediately bounced over and circled around him, sticking close to him.

 

"Hmph." Jiang Yuebai lightly snorted and gave him a cold glance, "I think it misses you more."

 

Chu Liang placed the fruit tea on the stone table and said, "There's one can of each flavor, Sister Jiang, please try them."

 

"Did you give a taste to Xue Lingxue, who plays the zither for you, first?" Jiang Yuebai asked casually.

 

"Of course…" Chu Liang answered without hesitation.

 

"Hmm?" Jiang Yuebai raised an eyebrow.

 

"Of course not." Chu Liang smiled and said, "I thought of you first, Sister Jiang."

 

Only then did Jiang Yuebai withdraw her unfriendly gaze.

 

Then Chu Liang continued, "I plan to let Sister Jiang taste each flavor and choose the best one to send to Xue Lingxue."

 

"You…"

 

Jiang Yuebai's face tightened in a very attractive way.

 

"Hehe, of course I'm joking." Chu Liang sat down, "I don't know why she keeps asking me about Xue Lingxue. Maybe she just wants to find some interesting gossip. I'm not really familiar with Xue Lingxue. The situation is just as I said, I helped her with a small favor and she saved me once. No matter what, she can't compare to Sister Jiang in my heart."

 

"Tsk, as if I care." Jiang Yuebai turned her face away.

 

But with this back and forth, their emotions also eased.The two chatted idly for a while. Chu Liang shared his experiences of the past few days, and Jiang Yuebai briefly mentioned what she had been up to.

 

It turned out that a group of people in the Eastern Region were fraudulently using the name of the Divine Ruins Sect. She had gone to deal with them.

 

Chu Liang was familiar with the name of the Divine Ruins.

 

In the world, those who reached the ninth realm could be called divine, and there were only a handful of such individuals throughout history. It was said that every ninth realm cultivator would enter the Divine Ruins when their lifespan was about to end, never to appear in the world again.

 

There were many legends about the place. Some said it was a graveyard for gods, others claimed it was the only path to ascension…

 

In short, it was a place of mysterious and legendary tales.

 

As for what the Divine Ruins Sect was, Jiang Yuebai did not elaborate.

 

From her demeanor, she seemed somewhat reluctant to discuss it. Chu Liang, observing her reactions, naturally did not press further. If he was truly curious, he could always ask others later.

 

After a few exchanges, Jiang Yuebai changed the subject: "How far have you progressed in your Talisman Sword Art? Show me."

 

Faced with this sudden test from his teacher, Chu Liang immediately stood up, bracing himself.

 

"I can now proficiently cast the Dual Talisman Sword, and I have mastered the runes of ice, fire, and wind."

 

As he spoke, he demonstrated the Ice-Fire Dual Talisman Sword and the Wind-Fire Dual Talisman Sword, both of which had significantly improved in power.

 

Jiang Yuebai was no longer surprised by Chu Liang's rapid progress. After all, from the beginning until now, Chu Liang had surprised her more than once or twice.

 

She had become numb to it.

 

However, she noticed something off about the power of his Dual Talisman Sword.

 

"The power of this sword art has increased significantly. What is your current cultivation level?" she asked.

 

"Late stage of the Divine Consciousness Realm." Chu Liang released his aura.

 

Jiang Yuebai felt Chu Liang's aura and fell silent for a moment.

 

She remembered when she first met Chu Liang, he had just advanced to the mid-stage of the Divine Consciousness Realm, his cultivation was quite weak. In this short period, he had already crossed the mid-stage and reached the late stage… and judging by his aura, he was clearly at the peak of the late stage, about to reach the pinnacle of the Divine Consciousness Realm.

 

If he reached the pinnacle of the Divine Consciousness Realm, it would mean he had perfected the third realm and could start preparing to break through to the fourth realm.

 

The method of breakthrough was to forge the Golden Elixir, also known as forming the Elixir.

 

Once the Elixir was successfully formed, it would mean breaking through the first barrier of the three realms and nine stages, stepping from the Human Realm into the Earth Realm, and entering the Golden Elixir Realm.

 

Although for many people, forming the Elixir was a major hurdle. But with Chu Liang's comprehension, this hurdle wouldn't hold him back for long. She believed that he would soon become a cultivator in the Golden Elixir Realm.

 

Reaching this level of cultivation at his age was considered excellent in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Of course, even if he reached the Golden Elixir Realm, his cultivation level was still far behind Jiang Yuebai.

 

But…

 

Wasn't this a bit too fast?

 

Jiang Yuebai was pondering in her heart. Just from the mid-stage of the Divine Consciousness Realm to the pinnacle of the Divine Consciousness Realm, she was much slower than him.

 

She looked at Chu Liang, knowing that this young man was always fast.

 

But she was often amazed at how he could be so fast?

 

Just based on his cultivation speed during this period, he was definitely the fastest man in Shu Mountain.

 

The reason she only mentioned men was because there was once a woman who might have been able to compete with him in terms of cultivation speed, and that was Jiang Yuebai's master, Yan Daoren…

 

"Jiang Senior Sister?" Chu Liang noticed the woman in front of him seemed to be lost in thought, and asked softly, "Is my progress satisfactory?"

 

"It's… satisfactory…" Jiang Yuebai nodded, then suddenly asked, "Chu Liang, you haven't been secretly practicing any demonic cultivation methods, have you?"

 

———Author's Note———

 

The three updates for tonight are finished, normal updates will resume tomorrow, with two more chapters.

 

Thank you, goodnight brothers! Happy Children's Day again!

 

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