"I'm afraid I'll be entering secluded cultivation to prepare for my breakthrough to the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation."
The Demon Cultivator corpses she had acquired along the way, added to the body of the Blood-clothed Man who had already stepped into the Nourishing Body Realm, meant Shen Yunjiao had gathered enough energy for her advancement to the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation. All that remained were the final two steps: absorption and conversion into Mana.
"Alright," Zhao Zuo replied. He didn't know how much of her lifespan Shen Yunjiao would lose this time. From a selfish perspective, however, the Spring and Autumn Cicada still needed to absorb the power of time to advance.
"Actually, there's something else," Shen Yunjiao said, hesitating slightly before deciding to tell Zhao Zuo anyway.
"What is it?"
"Never mind, it's nothing... It's not important." Seeing the worry in Zhao Zuo's eyes, Shen Yunjiao swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
