After a short while, Gu Changge had arrived at the Inner Court. As he passed the familiar Martial Arts Arena, a figure stopped him.

"Cousin, I heard you can cultivate now, and you’re even planning to get married at the end of the month! Congratulations!"

Gu Changming, his face beaming with joy, approached wiping sweat from his brow after training in the Martial Arts Arena.

Seeing the visitor, he smiled lightly and nodded. Gu Changming was the son of his grand-uncle; though they were not very close, their relationship was decent. Changming had even helped him move things at the Back Mountain Courtyard.

Though two years younger, Changming already possessed a Mid-Stage Sky-controlling Realm cultivation, a talent considered remarkable in this generation of the Gu Family!

"Are you here to see... your sister-in-law?"

Knowing his cousin rarely visited the Inner Court and only showed up to collect his monthly salary, Gu Changming casually asked.

Gu Changge nodded and replied casually, "I truly envy you, cousin. You’re almost at the breakthrough into the Qi Sea Realm, truly a genius among the younger generation of our Gu Family."

"Hehe, cousin, you jest. To break through to the Qi Sea Realm, I’d need at least two more years."

"When compared to the sister-in-law who is a Heavenly Pride Girl from the Liu Family, I truly can’t claim the title of a genius!"

Gu Changming scratched his head modestly but then brought up the main topic, "By the way, cousin, my father mentioned that our second uncle got some news and might return to the Gu Family on your wedding day."

Hearing this, Gu Changge was a bit startled.

The second uncle Gu Changming mentioned was his biological grandfather, whom he had rarely seen in eighteen years.

Except for important Gu Family decisions every few years, he would return home.

As for emotional connection, it was indeed very sparse...

Even his appearance was somewhat vague in his memory now. The last time he returned to the Gu Family was five years ago, and it had been a coincidence that he saw him when he went down the mountain to collect his salary; they had no interaction at all.

After chatting briefly with Gu Changming, he excused himself directly and headed towards the courtyard where the people from Heavenly Cold Sect resided.

Walking along, Gu Changge did not dwell much on Gu Changming’s words.

Soon, he had arrived at those courtyards, but before he could get close, someone stopped him.

The person stopping him was not a stranger, but the Sixth Elder of the Heavenly Cold Sect whom he had warned him with a gaze yesterday!

The Sixth Elder stood before Gu Changge, silent, just calmly looking at him.

"What is it, elder?" asked Gu Changge with a slight lift of his eyebrows and a light smile.

The Sixth Elder, expressionless and not looking away, said, "Qingqing is in retreat. Young Master Gu, please return. If there’s anything, I can convey it to her after she finishes her retreat."

"So that’s the case. There’s nothing urgent; since my wife is in retreat, I will take my leave first."

Upon hearing this, Gu Changge turned and left without any further altercation.

This action somewhat surprised the Sixth Elder.

It wasn’t until Gu Changge’s figure disappeared from sight that the Sixth Elder murmured with a frown, "This young man is quite deep in thoughts."

He had planned to provoke the young man, but he hadn’t taken the bait.

Even without any struggle, knowing that he was in the Gu Family, the young man would certainly be confident; he wouldn’t be in danger if a conflict arose. Could he restrain himself in such a situation?

Such temperament was unexpected.

After leaving, Gu Changge wasn’t in a rush to return to the Back Mountain Courtyard but headed towards the Gu Family’s loft where cultivation techniques and divine skills were stored.

As a direct descendant of the Gu Family, he had unimpeded access to the cultivation technique loft, apart from some special and precious techniques, which contained a vast collection of the Gu Family’s cultivation techniques and divine powers.

He greeted the Gu Family’s Deacon sitting outside the loft with a cupped fist and easily entered.

Shelves were arranged according to types of cultivation techniques.

He glanced over the close combat techniques, blade skills, swordsmanship, and directly passed them.

It wasn’t until he reached the shelves holding movement techniques that he stopped.

Now that he had just begun cultivation, even if he learned those attack divine powers, they wouldn’t be of much use; directly learning how to dodge was more effective!

At that moment, the most important thing was to first learn a movement technique, so that if he ever encountered trouble, he would at least have a chance to escape.

"Just this one then, Cloud Stepping, Dark Grade Lower Level..."

"If you’re a beginner, even a cultivator at the Qi Condensation Realm could briefly tread on air, while cultivators at the Sky-controlling Realm could triple their time and speed of airborne movement."

After some deliberation and choice, Gu Changge had decided on the Body Technique Divine Power he was preparing to cultivate.

The Gu Family did have Earth Rank movement techniques, but his current realm had only just reached the Qi Condensation Realm; there was no need to rush.

Leaving the attic, he made a simple registration and then swaggered off with the copied Cloud Stepping Divine Power of body technique.

Back in the small courtyard, sitting at the stone table, he finally began to seriously study the cultivation method of Cloud Stepping.

However, as he was looking... an alert sounded.

[Unlock Divine Skills column, can share cultivation Divine Skills with Daoist couple.]

This sudden alert startled him, and he set down the Cloud Stepping to check his current panel.

[Host: Gu Changge]

[Root Bone: 90]

[Comprehension: 88]

[Cultivation Technique: Mystic Sky Technique (Earth Rank Mid-Grade)]

[Realm: Qi Condensation Realm Eight Heaven]

[Divine Skills: None.]

Daoist Couple Panel:

[Daoist Couple: Liu Qingqing]

[Root Bone: 89]

[Comprehension: 85]

[Cultivation Technique: Spirit Moon Technique (Earth Rank Top Grade)]

[Realm: Reach Profound Realm (Late Stage)]

[Divine Skills: Sword Qi of Lingfeng Nine Swords (Dark Grade Top Grade·Small Success), Shadow Concealing Step (Earth Rank Lower Grade·Small Success), Heavenly Cold Finger (Earth Rank Mid-Grade·Beginner)]

Like other columns, each Divine Skill had a sharing option.

"Why bother doing it myself!?"

Gu Changge had not expected such a delightful surprise; he could share Divine Skills from his Daoist couple’s panel without having to cultivate them himself!

Without hesitation, he immediately chose to share the Sword Qi of Lingfeng Nine Swords!

Immediately, he felt as if he had gained some extra memories and insights into the Sword Dao!

Casually snapping off a peach tree branch in the courtyard to use as a sword, he executed a series of fluid sword moves!

Though he, being in the Qi Condensation Realm, could not yet release Sword Qi externally, the peach branch in his hand subtly radiated a sense of keenness. If a cultivator of the same Qi Condensation Realm got struck, they would likely be directly dismembered!

Though it was his first time using it, the movements were incredibly fluid, as if he had cultivated it thousands and thousands of times, thoroughly familiar to him.

Looking back at his panel’s Divine Skills column that had previously been blank, there was now new text:

Sword Qi of Lingfeng Nine Swords (Dark Grade Top Grade·Small Success)!

Seeing those two words, Small Success, Gu Changge gasped in astonishment.

"Gosh... this is just a bit outrageous!"

He had thought that sharing Divine Skills would merely spare him the initial stages, but now, unexpectedly, even his insights had reached Small Success!

It meant he could skip all those years of effort that Liu Qingqing had put in!

And in the future, as Liu Qingqing improved her mastery of this Divine Skill, he would similarly gain improved insights!

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