Walking out of the dusty yellow smoke of the practice mansion, Zhang Ruochen let out a long sigh and looked back, his mood still unable to calm down.

  In the darkness, a delicate and beautiful girl walked out, barefoot with a pair of white jade feet, treading on the half-air three inches off the ground, without making a single sound. She walked to Zhang Ruochen's back and said, "Zhang Ruochen, you wouldn't have just refused Dian Jie and then regretted it after coming out, would you?"

  Zhang Ruochen seemed to have known that Duanmu Xingling was nearby and wasn't surprised at all, saying: "You've been eavesdropping the whole time"

  "I just happened to be passing by and overheard your conversation. Honestly, I never thought that Dust Sister would reveal her heart to you in such a lowly manner, and yet you ruthlessly rejected her. What can I say about you?"

  "There are some things you just don't understand," Zhang Ruochen said.

  "Cut the act, you men, which one of you doesn't hope to have a beautiful wife and concubines? With Dust Sister's beauty, family background, and talent, there's not a single aspect that isn't worthy of you. I think you must have an ulterior motive. You clearly know Dust Sister's strong personality, the more she can't get something, the more she wants to obtain it. Are you trying to entice her on purpose?"

  "You're thinking too much," Zhang Ruochen said.

  However, Du Mu Xing Ling reminded Zhang Ruo Chen that Huang Yan Chen's personality was indeed strong and might not give up so easily.

  Most importantly, Zhang Ruochen promised at the end that he would no longer mention divorce, didn't he give her hope?

  It's all over.

  Spoke incorrectly again

  Duanmu Xingling puffed out her full chest, outlining a captivating curve. With her small hands clasped behind her back and an alluring smile on her face, she leaned in: "I really want to know, who is the woman that has taken over your heart? It can't be me, right?"

  "Do you think it's possible?"

  Zhang Ruochen patted Duanmu Xingling's shoulder and said indifferently, "Don't think too much about it, it's not you."

  Du Mu Xingling was like being doused with a basin of cold water, extremely disappointed, and sighed: "I knew it, it's impossible for me. Your vision is too high, you won't take a liking to Luo Shijie, will you?"

  "Don't make wild guesses, if Luo Shizi finds out, wouldn't it be a big misunderstanding?" Zhang Ruochen said.

  "I'm too lazy to even guess"

  Du Mu Xingling crossed her arms over her chest, let out a cold snort and said: "Zhang Ruochen, do you know that you're really no good? If I were you, I would take this opportunity to push Dust Sister to the ground, make her submit, and then deal with her afterwards. From now on, she will naturally listen to your words obediently. With Dust Sister's state just now, she definitely wouldn't have resisted. What a pity that Dust Sister was delivered right into your hands, but you let her get away."

  Zhang Ruochen was somewhat speechless and said: "Am I that kind of person?"

  "What's the difference? She is your fiancée anyway, sooner or later she will be yours."

  Duanmu Xingling smiled and said, "You should know that an ice queen like Chen sister doesn't often show her shy side as a little woman. If you miss this chance, it'll be ten times harder to win her over in the future."

  "Whether she and I can walk together in the future is still an unknown number." Zhang Ruochen didn't want to continue discussing this topic with Duanmu Xingling, so he asked: "The little girl I had sent over, is she currently living in your mansion?"

  "Your illegitimate daughter"

  Zhang Ruochen said: "Where did you think of going? She is my apprentice, with a very good talent, and is a martial arts prodigy."

  "I naturally know that she is a martial arts prodigy, with a rare physique of a thousand bones, rarely seen in ancient and modern times. I don't know what great luck you've encountered to be discovered by you." said Duanmu Xingling.

  Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, "So you've also discovered where she is now."

  "How am I supposed to know?" Du Mu Xing Ling said with a bad temper.

  "How could you not know"

  Du Mu Xing Ling Dao said, "That little girl, who had just been sent to the cultivation mansion, was immediately targeted by Xiao Hei. That cat also didn't know what medicine it had eaten wrong, and was extremely fond of that little girl. Not long ago, Xiao Hei took that little girl away from Tian Mo Wu City, leaving behind only a letter saying that he wanted to take her to participate in a special ritual to help her unlock the divine martial mark."

  "You just watched as the ice and snow were taken away by a cat" Zhang Ruochen said: "Duanmu Shijie, I've always thought you're a very meticulous person, how can you let a cat come and go as it pleases?"

  "It's all your fault"

  Duanmu Xingling said somewhat angrily, "That cat is so cunning, you should be more aware of it than me. Besides, after you came back, all you cared about was Dust Sister and Hanshuo, but none of you cared about me, your Shifu."

  "Could it be that something unpleasant has happened to Shizi?" Zhang Ruochen said.

  Duanmu Xingling sighed and said: "Right! My boyfriend is engaged to my best sister, how can I be happy?"

  Zhang Ruochen knew that Duanmu Xingling was not really angry, but just joking. He said: "Duanmu Shijie is referring to Chen Ruochen, it turns out that he has offended you again. Why don't Duanmu Shijie come to my cultivation mansion? I recently obtained a treasure, seeing this treasure may make your mood better."

  "What treasure"

  "You'll know when you get there"

  Zhang Ruochen brought Duanmu Xingling back to the cultivation mansion and entered a secluded room, where he took out a cylindrical metal box from his storage ring.

  The box was opened, and Zhang Ruochen took out a painting scroll from inside.

  Du Mu Xing Ling curiously waited aside, seeing Zhang Ruo Chen slowly open the painting scroll, his eyes suddenly lit up.

  A powerful aura of martial arts emanates from the painting, giving one the feeling that an entire world has unfolded before them, as if a demigod had descended from the heavens.

  "Half-saintly intention."

  Duanmu Xingling rushed up immediately, a pair of beautiful big eyes staring tightly at the world on the painting scroll, saying: "The true trace is indeed a true trace, only half-saint families can have a true trace of half-saint intentions. Zhang Ruochen, how do you also have one?"

  Zhang Ruochen looked at Duanmu Xingling with some curiosity and said, "I heard that you were sent to the Wumeng Academy by a half-saint. You should be a junior of a half-saint family and have seen the true appearance of the Half-Saint's Saintly Intent Diagram before. Why are you so surprised?"

  "How did you know I was sent by a semi-sage to cultivate at Wucheng Academy?" asked Duanmu Xingling.

  "Just heard it." Zhang Ruochen knew he had misspoken and casually covered it up.

  Duanmu Xingling, of course, was not some junior member of a Half-Saint family. Since Zhang Ruochen thought so, she also acknowledged it and sighed: "The true work of the Half-Saint Saint's intention, representing the martial arts heritage of the Half-Saint, even in the Half-Saint family, is a top-grade treasure that can't be seen casually."

  "Also okay," Zhang Ruochen said.

  Du Mu Xing Ling showed a strange smile and said, "You obtained a true tracing of the Semi-Saint's Intent Diagram, but instead of contemplating it with Sister Chen, you chose to contemplate it with me first. What do you mean by this?"

  Zhang Ruochen said, "Huang Shijie is the princess of Qian Shui Prefecture and also the niece of the headmaster of Wu Shi Academy. If she is willing, she can comprehend the true meaning of the Semi-Saint's diagram at any time. However, we do not have such an advantage, so we should help each other more and support each other."

  When Duanmu Xingling heard Zhang Ruochen's words, she was deeply moved and felt a little guilty.

  Actually, Du Mu Xing Ling wanted to comprehend the Half-Saint's Saintly Painting, and with her identity, she could obtain a genuine piece at any time.

  Zhang Ruochen did not know this, so after obtaining the Semi-Holy Diagram, he would invite her to comprehend it together, and not because of the preciousness of the Semi-Holy Diagram, but hide it away alone for personal cultivation.

  It can be seen from this that Zhang Ruochen really regarded her as a friend and trusted her very much.

  Duanmu Xingling felt an urge to tell Zhang Ruochen her true identity, but she was afraid of scaring him off, so she endured and kept it inside.

  Zhang Ruochen saw Duanmu Xingling's expression and knew that Duanmu Xingling must have been worried about something, perhaps because she was hiding some secret from him.

  "It's estimated that Du Mu Shifu's background is not just simply being a junior of the Half Sacred World House."

  Zhang Ruochen was somewhat perplexed, but didn't ask anything.

  Du Mu Xingling didn't reveal her secret, she must have had her reasons. Just like Zhang Ruochen couldn't reveal the secret that he was the son of Ming Emperor from 800 years ago.

  Everyone has some bitter experiences and must hide some secrets that can only be known by themselves.

  Zhang Ruochen hung the Semi-Saint's Intent Diagram on the stone wall.

  On the scroll, a star, a bright moon and a blazing sun are painted, suspended in three different positions in the sky.

  In the lower left corner, there is a line of small characters: "The chart of sun, moon, stars and constellations shines with half sacred light, leaving the chart."

  A seemingly simple pattern, yet it contains a very strong spiritual will and martial arts mystery.

  Zhang Ruochen just took a casual glance and seemed to have already merged into that painting world.

  According to Zhang Ruochen's analysis, as long as one comprehends the "Starry Sky Pattern", their spiritual power can reach the 18th rank; comprehension of the "Bright Moon Pattern" allows spiritual power to reach the 28th rank. Comprehension of the "Blazing Sun Pattern" enables spiritual power to reach the 38th rank.

  "Borrowing the celestial map of sun and moon, is enough to allow my spiritual power to cultivate to the height of thirty-eighth stage."

  Zhang Ruochen sat cross-legged on the ground, releasing his spiritual power and entering the Semi-Saint Divine Diagram.

  For three consecutive days, Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling stayed in the cultivation chamber to cultivate, their spiritual power gradually increasing.

  Three days later, the two withdrew from the semi-sacred intention, each with their own gains, and began to digest and comprehend the results.

  Duanmu Xingling left Zhang Ruochen's cultivation mansion, returning to closed-door training, seemingly having gained some insight into the martial arts from the Sun Moon Star Chart.

  The true meaning of Semi-Saint's painting is not only imbued with the spirit and will of Semi-Saint, but also contains the essence of Semi-Saint's martial arts.

  Zhang Ruochen gained some insight into the Way of Martial Arts from the Sun Moon Star Chart, spending half a month to digest that surge of martial power, causing his martial arts cultivation to rise by a large margin.

  Of course, after Du Mu Xing Ling left, Zhang Ruo Chen entered the inner space of the Time and Space Crystal, cultivating for half a month, while only five days had passed in the outside world.