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Ning Yao was cultivating on the Dragon Slaying Cliff, while Chen Ping’an chose to remain in his room to cultivate, as opposed to going to the pergola.
Ning Yao was rather puzzled by this decision. There was a much greater abundance of spiritual energy on the Dragon Slaying Cliff, making it inarguably the best place for cultivation in the entire Ning Manor. Even though Chen Ping’an stood to benefit a little less, seeing as he wasn’t a swordsman, it was still clearly a better choice than anywhere else.
Chen Ping’an offered no explanation as he looked back at Ning Yao with a resigned expression.
In response, Ning Yao scoffed that it was no wonder that he was progressing so slowly in his cultivation, and Chen Ping’an could only shake his head with a wry smile.
In immortal powers like the Spring Dew Garden, Cloudtop City, and Misty Mountain, becoming a fourth tier Qi refiner was not considered to be slow progress at all.
Unfortunately, on the Sword Qi Great Wall, Chen Ping’an’s rate of progression may as well have been as slow as a meandering tortoise.
Even his mastery of the Eighteen Stops Technique had come far slower than it did for everyone else. He and Ning Yao had once discussed the Eighteen Stops Technique taught to them by A’Liang, and on that occasion, he asked her how long it had taken Yan Zhuo and the others to master the Qi refinement and sword refinement methods of the Eighteen Stops Technique.
He was very much surprised by the answer, and out of curiosity, he asked Ning Yao how long it had taken her. In response, she merely gave him a smile, seeing no need to answer his question and further dent his confidence.
Hence, back then, Chen Ping’an felt like the old great sword immortal had only lied to him to make him feel better when making the claim that he had the potential to become an earth immortal.
Around four hours later, Chen Ping’an withdrew his consciousness from his internal small world. His consciousness had been immersed in his wood residence up to this point, but a slow exhalation marked the conclusion of this stint of cultivation.
According to his normal routine, he would’ve begun practicing his walking meditation, but on this occasion, he left the courtyard and traveled...
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