Chapter 393 - Invitation from Grandmaster Xiqin (1/2)

Initially, Young Master Xuan Hao had only intended to leave for the day. However, he had grossly underestimated the number of matters that awaited him.

He had neglected his duties for far too long.

Now that he wanted to get everything up to speed, the things he needed to do could not possibly be completed within a day or two. Because of that, he had no choice but to leave Lu Tianzi and Nanlan Qianxue alone for the time being.

But even so, Young Master Xuan Hao did not forget to first instruct his younger brother Xuan Ci to be a good host in his stead.

Xuan Ci was a charming young man at the Peak Essence Condensation realm, and stayed together with Young Master Xuan Hao and their mother Taomie Lianhe.

Just like Young Master Xuan Hao, Xuan Ci had never cared about the matters of politics within the Timeless Flame Sect.

Instead, Xuan Ci spent most of his time looking into the art of pill refinement. He rarely left the residence, preferring to stay couped up within so as to practice his pill refinement techniques.

The only few exceptions was when he was forced to do so by the elders, or when he needed to go acquire some materials for his pill refinements.

That was why when he first received Young Master Xuan Hao's instructions to take care of Lu Tianzi and Nanlan Qianxue, he had been very reluctant to say the least.

After all, this would inevitably take up some of his precious time that could be spent on his pill refinement practice.

But after a week, Xuan Ci realised that taking care of the Lu Tianzi and Nanlan Qianxue duo was actually much easier that he had imagined!

During this time, Lu Tianzi and Nanlan Qianxue were fully immersed in cultivation.

The two of them basically stayed in their rooms all day long, only meeting up on certain nights to enjoy some snacks while exchanging pointers under the moonlight.

And even when they met up at night, the two guests did not want anyone watching them, so Xuan Ci naturally did not need to be there either.

This was the best possible scenario for Xuan Ci!

After instructing the servants to keep an eye of the two and to inform him if they needed anything, Xuan Ci went back into his world of pill refinement.

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With Lu Tianzi's help, Nanlan Qianxue's room had been sealed with a dual concealing and binding formation, preventing anyone from entering without her permission.

Even if Overlord powerhouses wanted to peer in with their perceptions, they would have to force their way through multiple layers of protection, and Nanlan Qianxue would easily discover this intrusion before it got to her.

While it would not be able to stop the Overlord in the end, it would at least give her ample time to react accordingly.

Of course, this was only an added precaution.

After all, they were now in a friendly area which was Young Master Xuan Hao's residence, so it was unlikely that anything like that would happen.

Right now, Nanlan Qianxue sat cross legged in her room, her eyes closed as she focused on comprehending the essence of her techniques.

Within her room, the temperature was significantly lower than outside.

Whenever she was fully focused on her cultivation, the aura she emitted would naturally create a layer of frost on her direct surroundings.

That was because Nanlan Qianxue was not only adept in the Law of Ice, but she also cultivated the ice-element Hail Queen Body Refinement Technique.

The combination of these two was not simple at all.

Her comprehensions into the Law of Ice will aid her understanding of the Hail Queen Body Refinement Technique, allowing her to traverse upon the path with greater ease.

At the same time, her cultivation of the Hail Queen Body Refinement Technique also gave her greater insight into the Law of Ice.

It could be said that they were not only compatible with each other, but also mutually beneficial, creating a virtuous cycle that propelled her forward in both aspects.

From this, one could see how important it was to have guidance from a wise master.

Selecting a suitable cultivation technique would make it much easier for martial artists to advance, allowing them to obtain double the benefit while exerting half the effort.

Moreover, the Hail Queen Body Refinement Technique was also an incredibly high rank cultivation technique.

Just like the Heaven Devouring Divine Art, if trained to the limits, it could bring a martial artist all the way past the Overlord realm!

With this cultivation technique in hand, Nanlan Qianxue would have nothing to worry about as she continued her chase for the martial peak!

However, she did not focus solely on her cultivation level.

Even though a martial artist's cultivation level was the primary source of his or her strength, it was not the only thing that mattered.

Without sufficient proficiency in combat and movement techniques, it was not impossible for a martial artist to lose to someone of a lower cultivation level.

This was the same in the reverse case.

When a martial artist's proficiency in combat and movement techniques reached a high enough level, he or she would be able to challenge and even defeat martial artists of higher cultivation levels!

Because of that, Nanlan Qianxue did not neglect on her practice of the Shifting Blossoms Sword Art.

But that was not all.