Chapter Sixteen: Women Should Be Good to Themselves

  Three months later, Zuo Xiaoyao suddenly appeared in the bedroom, her eyes and eyebrows revealing an uncontrollable joy. After nearly two years of cultivation, she had finally successfully broken through to the late stage of Nascent Soul!

  Through her unyielding persistence, even the low-level Flame Control Technique was mastered by her with ease. Since breaking through to the later stages, Zuo Xiao Yao had also discovered that the original flame had undergone a qualitative change, transforming into a more powerful fireball. Of course, as long as she willed it, the speed at which the fireball reverted back to a flame would be even faster.

  In the situation where she spends more than half of her monthly salary on buying Chinese medicine to practice, Zuo Xiaoyao has become very skilled in refining medicinal materials and grasping the fire timing. It is estimated that among all cultivators who aim to improve their cultivation and enhance their own strength, only she is such an outlier, who, without considering the consumption of yuan force, diligently improves her Water Arrow Technique and Fire Control Technique, two low-level techniques that are not even worth mentioning.

  After all, in the eyes of most cultivators, after being promoted to a higher level, there are more powerful spells available for cultivation. As for the foundation of cultivation, Naqi stage, as long as one has the qualifications for cultivation, no one wants to stay at this stage for a long time, even if many cultivators stop at the fusion period all their lives!

  Of course, at this time, Zuo Xiao Yao, who was relying on herself to cross the river and regenerate, did not understand these things at all. Moreover, with the existence of Zi Yuan Jing Kong, a heavenly treasure that had a tenfold difference in time compared to reality, she didn't feel the urgency of time at all. Although she vaguely sensed that her cultivation speed was actually not fast.

  In the depths of winter, apart from visiting her grandmother's grave on time, Zuo Xiao Yao rarely went out. Even if it was a company gathering or Jerry's invitation, she would try to avoid them and instead stay alone in her Purple Boundary Realm, practicing, painting, reading books, or studying fire control techniques through the process of refining medicine. If not for the people and things she encountered at work, her life could be said to be somewhat isolated from the world.

  During this time, although she successfully increased the purification rate of Chinese medicine to 80% or 90%, not a single pill was successfully refined. The main reason is that the gas in her body is simply not enough to supply the refining process. Since feeling the breakthrough to the later stage, the gas group in the dantian has expanded nearly tenfold, and the speed at which her body absorbs those colored light points has also increased greatly. After this, Zuo Xiaoyao was quite confident that it was only a matter of time before she successfully refined the pill.

  The mood is not bad, pulling open the curtains by the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the snowflakes still falling outside, everywhere is a silver dress, Zhou Mei stayed at home on Sunday, suddenly had the idea that she should also go out for a walk. Lately, she has seen Wang Zi Jia less often, and even phone calls are not as frequent as before, feeling that she has been very busy recently, and her mood is still good, so Zuo Xiao Yao didn't ask much, after all, everyone is already an adult, and there's no need to report their lives to each other. Just like how she never mentioned her cultivation of the nameless technique to anyone, as long as you know the other person is doing well, that's enough!

  Walking to the downtown park, there were already many children and young men and women playing in the snow, mostly in pairs. S city's winter originally rarely had snow, but in recent years, with the global climate change, S city's snowfall in winter has become more common.

  Looking at those young men and women who were similar in age to her, Zuo Xiaoyao suddenly realized the difference between herself and them. Since she started cultivating, although only half a year had passed in reality, but in the Purple Boundary Realm, she had spent more than three years...

  Thinking of this, Zuo Xiaoyao couldn't help but shake her head with a wry smile, no longer entangled in the issue of age, with Zi Yuanjing present, this would be a difficult problem to solve.

  She couldn't help but reveal a faint smile as she left her footprints in the deep snow, and just as she turned the corner of the park, she ran into a couple who were embracing each other warmly. She looked at one of them with some surprise, someone who was extremely familiar to her, and another person who wasn't unfamiliar either, and couldn't help but laugh and say "Hey, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to run into you two here."

  "Xiao Yao? You... how are you here, I... we..."

  Staring at Zuo Xiaoyao, who rarely appeared in recreational places like parks in her impression, she faintly sensed the playfulness in her eyes and subconsciously thought of Wang Zijia standing beside her, making her feel slightly uncomfortable and stuttering.

  "Hmm, I've already figured it out, you guys are just dating!"

  Zuo Xiao Yao smiled seriously and replied, as if saying "How's the weather today?"!

  "Actually, we've only just started dating officially. Xīa Jiā said she wanted to wait until our relationship was stable before telling you, but who would have thought that we'd run into each other here? It's really fate! Let me introduce my new identity to you again - hello, Zuǒ Xiǎo Yáo, I'm Zhāng Kūn, Wáng Xīa Jiā's boyfriend!"

  Zhang Kun replied with a joyful expression, the happiness implicit in his words was self-evident, and Zuo Xiao Yao's gaze at Wang Zi Jia was also filled with delight.

  In the past six months, Wang Zijia has experienced tremendous changes in her life, which had been relatively smooth for over 20 years. Things she thought would never change suddenly disappeared. Now that she has the courage to start a new relationship, Zuo Xiaoyao is truly happy for her. Emotions may not be everything in life, but a wholehearted feeling can be the best medicine to heal emotional wounds.

  Zhang Kun is her university classmate. Although Zuo Xiao Yao is not familiar with him, she also knows how he has been devotedly guarding Wang Zi Jia's side. When Wang Zi Jia was dating Luo Kai before, he didn't take any action to ruin their relationship that had started from childhood, but instead took good care of Wang Zi Jia and protected her as a loyal friend, which is quite rare. Even though his feelings for her are obvious to everyone who sees them.

  For this, Zuo Xiao Yao had also joked with Wang Zi Jia in the past after quarreling with Luo Kai, saying that Zhang Kun was her guardian knight. If Luo Kai really dared to flirt with another woman, she would go find Zhang Kun to develop a relationship. After all, women should be good to themselves, why bother hanging on one tree? Instead of staring wide-eyed for someone who appears perfect but doesn't love you, it's better to find someone who understands and loves you!

  Unexpectedly, Wang Zijia had actually fulfilled her previous joking words. No wonder she had been occasionally calling herself recently, but never mentioned her life, probably because she was worried that others would laugh at her. Thinking of this, the smile on Zuo Xiaoyao's face grew even more, making Wang Zijia next to her feel quite uncomfortable.

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