Shang Xia not only increased his combat strength during his half a year of seclusion, he even managed to improve his rank five secret art once again. The difficulty he faced when cultivation dropped slightly and he also managed to come up with a proper path for his rank five martial arts from his current state all the way up till it developed into a martial intent.2

He felt that everything was going really smoothly, but he didn’t expect Yu Duhe to look for him in a state of panic the moment he emerged.0

After hearing that something had happened to the Lightning Bird on the Rocky Cliff Mountain, Shang Xia didn’t waste any time as he rushed over to the Thousand Leaf Mountain Range. 0

The Rocky Cliff Mountain was where the flock of Mutated Rain Swallows chose to nest and it held special importance to the Tongyou Institution. They didn’t just station several experts to guard the region. There were quite a number of Mutated Rain Swallows who had keepsakes of the institution that allowed them to enter the institution as they wished.0

Of the Mutated Rain Swallows that entered and left the institution occasionally, the Lightning Bird was never a part of them. 0

No one knew what was going on, but the Lightning Bird seemed unwilling to enter the Tongyou City no matter what happened. If it wished to meet Shang Xia, it would wait around outside the city.0

Now that it could convey a message to Yu Duhe that it wished to meet Shang Xia, the situation had to be extremely dir...1