“What’s going on here?” Gu Qiansi remarked in surprise as she arrived at Lightwind Pavilion.


    Before arriving, she definitely was not expecting to see a sweat-drenched Lu Zhiying lying on the snow while Zhao Yunxiao sat nearby.


    “Senior Martial Sister Gu! You are here!” Lu Zhiying quickly got up and ran over to greet her.


    “Don’t go hugging others when you are all sweaty. That’s disgusting,” Zhao Yunxiao remarked, causing Lu Zhiying to halt in her tracks.


    “Ignore that guy,” Gu Qiansi was far more encouraging in contrast. “What happened though? Why are you all sweaty? Did that beast do something strange to you while I’m not here?”


    “Can you stop spouting nonsense?” Zhao Yunxiao rolled his eyes. “I was just trying to help with Junior Martial Sister Lu’s martial techniques.”


    “Martial techniques? You mean the Xuanwu Fist Art and Xuanwu Movement Art?” Gu Qiansi turned towards Lu Zhiying. “I was intending to wait until you form your spiritual meridians before talking to you about it. So how is it coming along so far?”


    “Not too bad I’d say! But Senior Martial Brother Zhao’s training is tiring!” Lu Zhiying complained.


    It had started out fun and exciting as Lu Zhiying sought Zhao Yunxiao’s opinions on her training progress, but the situation rapidly changed after that.


    For the past hour or so, Zhao Yunxiao had made Lu Zhiying repeat the same few moves over and over again.


    During this time, Lu Zhiying did try to sneak in a bit of rest by asking Zhao Yunxiao to demonstrate for her instead.


    But while the latter did perform the demonstrations as she requested, these demonstrations only lasted a few moments, with Zhao Yunxiao refusing to repeat them despite her repeated pleas.


    With that, it was immediately back to practising – the same thing, over and over again.


    She had only just joined the sect for three days...


    “It’s for your own good. It would be a shame if your talent goes to waste,” Zhao Yunxiao replied.


    “Oh? Is our Junior Martial Sister Lu talented?” Gu Qiansi petted Lu Zhiying’s head as a reward.


    </a> “The world is not always fair,” Zhao Yunxiao lamented. “Some people are just born different.”


    Gu Qiansi was visibly surprised this time.


    She had thought that it was a casual comment initially. But for Zhao Yunxiao to say that, it meant that Lu Zhiying’s talent was at least multiple times above theirs!


    That would mean that she was likely inner disciple material!


    “Senior Martial Brother Zhao is just saying that, don’t believe his words. I really don’t think I did anything amazing at all,” Lu Zhiying confessed. “All I did was to make adjustments after he told me to do so, but he is making it sound like I am some genius or something. I am starting to feel that he is making fun of me!”


    Gu Qiansi looked over at Zhao Yunxiao instead of replying, only to see the latter shake his head.


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    Zhao Yunxiao did not have much time last night so all he could do was to drain the blood from the carcasses.


    Now, it was time to finish the job.


    Zhao Yunxiao gently lay out the nightspirit rat carcasses on the floor before pulling out a few knives from one of the various chests in his room.


    Taking apart the carcasses of beasts or monsters was quite a bit of work so many might see it as a chore, but Zhao Yunxiao was more than happy to do it.


    The fur hide was not the only useful thing either.


    Flesh and tendons.


    Organs.


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