The Heir Apparent sighed and left the back room. He needed some time to get used to Xu Qing’s freakishly unimaginable powers of understanding.12

After Xu Qing regained his senses, the thunder in the dusky sky over the Bitter Life Mountains faded away, and the pressure disappeared. The entire thing had attracted a lot of attention in the area, and many people were speculating about what was going on. But other than the people in the Green Spirit Pharmacy, no one had any idea that it was all because of Xu Qing.0

When Xu Qing found out everything that happened while he was focused on enlightenment, he felt lingering fear, and at the same time, even deeper respect for the Heir Apparent.0

All it took was one bit of advice and I gained all of that enlightenment. I guess Smoldering Gods are Smoldering Gods, after all....38

In the following days, he focused on recovering. At the same time, he went out a few times to do some experimentation with his golden crow trump card.0

And thus, half a month went by.1

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One afternoon, Xu Qing went out and found a valley a short distance away from the mudbrick city. After entering the valley, he checked it carefully to make sure it was safe. Whenever he...1