Chapter 46 (2/2)

Siao Qi was deep in her thoughts She noted that Chu Li was able to detect enemies ahead of time; it could be attributed to his practice of Buddhist Austerities which heightened his five sensory senses If he ith her every time she went out, she would feel a lot less worried

The ride back was smooth The assailants from The Tehtened off The group reached The Yi Public House in the evening

Chu Li i readied a table full of good dishes and brought out soood wine Chu Li enjoyed hisbland for the past few days

Late night in the courtyard, Chu Li was practicing his swords Shadow skill, he wanted to learn and practice it and see hoould fare against Siao Qi's fast blade

Wielding his sword faster and faster, lightning-like flashes e him in illu, as it was still not fast enough for him

Xue Ling stood on the side, watching in awe and silently encouraged herself that she must work and practice harder

Knock knock Somebody was at the door

Chu Li sheathed his shile Xue Ling went to open the door

It was Su Ru, looking lustrously beautiful under the ht She looked into the courtyard and asked, ”where is Chu Li?”

”Chief,” greeted Chu Li as he gave her a fist salute

Su Ru waved her hand in acknowledgment, ”followboth following her deep into the woods

Two trees were placed on a thick pile of withered leaves Chu Li took one look, and carried a tree into the courtyard Su Ru pointed to the re, ”plant this one here”

”Noted,” Xue Ling answered

She felt that one was gettingtrees in the ht? But the Chief has spoken and she should follow orders She went back into the courtyard to get some tools, and observed that Chu Li had planted the tree and was backfilling and fir hi her hands dirty in the process

Chu Li stood up and gently pat away the Spirit Land soil off his hands He heaved a sigh of relief and gave a smile of satisfaction

Su Ru asked happily, ”will it survive?”

”Yes, it will!” Chu Li laughed answering ”Now that they are all here, we can start planting the Glory's Will Tree tomorrow!”

”Hopefully we can grow the Glory's Will Tree successfully!” Su Ru wished happily

She researched on the Glory's Will Tree before, understanding that it is a challenge to grow one successfully With only one of the tree's wilted branch, the chances of growing it was very slim

Chu Li sood news, Chief”

”I will,” said Su Ru, as she waved her hand and left

By the ti tree and watered it, Chu Li has already returned to his house She pouted and looked up to the ht, time for practice!

She practiced an hour of Eight For to her house and continued to practice the Crescent Cryptic on her bed Her inner energy swirled around internally, swirling her grievances away She was doing it for the Crescent Cryptic, no matter how much she suffered, she will endure it!

The nextready to cook She spotted Chu Li squatting in front of a wilted branch, staring at it intensely withoutan inch

She consciously moved around as quiet as she was able to so as to not disturb Chu Li She shall reat dishes to reward him

Chu Li was staring at the Glory's Will Tree branch in delight The world truly works in its mysterious way indeed As soon as it was planted, the Glory's Will Tree iy from the other three trees

With the spiritual energies from the three trees, the Glory's Will Tree nourished itself back to its own vigor - this was y into it