Even though Xiaohe was putting in some more effort, he could tell that this might not last long, especially when he reached the peak of body refinement.
He was indeed at the peak of Eight level of body refinement, but no matter how much energy he absorbed, he saw no sign of breakthrough.
It has been almost even months since he brokethrough to the eight level of body refinement.
Even Xiaohe was already at the fifth level, with little more effort he speculated she could have entered the sixth level already.
In the end the two had to leave the mountain to see other chances. He decided to take her along, as he had a feeling she might sneak out alone if he didn't.
But she was sure very active when discussing and asking non martial art related topics.
Very active for the wrong reasons, many thoughts seemed to flash past his mind, "Did some handsome man owe her in her last life or something" but in the end he threw them out of this head, as he seemed to realize she could live her own life by her standards.
But something told him that in this world, those that did not work harder in their martial arts, would end up paying heavily for it, he would not rush things for now but if the situation remained the same for the next period of time, he could only come up with means to deal with it.
With this thought, he had already made up his mind, "In the future if she does not have much interest in becoming strong then I can only start making other plans."
It was not like he could not deal with things on his own, he just felt like they were family and he should push her to be better, but in this moment, he had realized that martial arts in this world was only an individual effort, pushing others to do something might only result in the opposite effect.
This issue could not be addressed now, after all the events that occur in the near future might wake her up, but if nothing happens, he would continue this journey without even looking back, so he hoped she would start working hard too.
Since he did not want to push anyone, he threw the issue aside, but she did not know that at the moment, Situ was thinking about another path he has to make for himself in the future, with this unrealizable little girl, he could not be sure that she would change with time.
Jumping off from branch to the next, he hastily climbed down the tree. Xiaohe followed closely behind. But she seemed to have realized something in this instance, "What just happened to young master, that look didn't seem good at all." For some reason she had a sense of crisis hit her, and she could not realize it at the moment.
Situ thinking had changed already, he didn't want to impose his thoughts on her.
She was to decide her own path, after all everyone had their own path to walk, and consequences to face.
Considering this, he looked further into the distance and sighed. He seemed to have already realized something serious. When one becomes stronger and those nearby are unwilling to improve or just enjoy their status quo they will only drift apart.
With such a thought surfacing he seemed enlightened for some reason.
In some way, his mind seemed to have been sublimated, even he himself was unaware.
Xiaohe the outsider felt like something had changed when Situ looked over.
Even though the gaze seemed to be unchanged, it seemed to bring about that feeling of detachment.
Yes, that mentality of not caring about what choices she makes in the future, her life was her own to live.
What she did not know was that at the moment, the mind of Situ had just become lighter, when he threw out some concerns from his mind.
His thought now was organizing his priorities in the moment instead of worrying about some future that he had yet to live.
Standing under the huge tree, Situ kept looking around before taking the direction he came from.
The two of them were escaping from a monster he could easily crush because he was concerned about Xiaohe.
Who would have thought it would give birth to a chance to sublimate his spirit.
"How did you come up with such a pathetic map. We have been going around in circles before we arrived in this place. Why did you not just cut straight through, it would have saved a lot of time in the process." Listening to the words being spoke by Xiaohe, Situ just looked at her like a fool.
She did not get bothered since he always threw her such a glance sometimes when she asked questions, but he still explained it in the end.
It's just that she has never gotten the chance to get even on this, as on other issues she has always managed to get him back.
"Are you strong enough to cut your way through the beasts, if so then you can try to travel straight." She actually dared to ask such a stupid question at the moment when he could clearly see that she was very much aware of his actions to protect her.
Meanwhile Xiaohe didn't even stop while ahead, "Young master, you should work harder, others are slaying stronger beasts while you are running around in bushes, this does not fit your young master identity. Is it just me or have you been behaving without shame at all. Other people will lose face doing this."
Situ nearly stumbled from the tree he was clinging on, "This woman has a very poisonous tongue, maybe I am overthinking things, this can be very useful too."
As he steadied himself, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at her.
"Why are you very vengeful woman! I just casually mentioned about your efforts not being enough." He indeed couldn't help but complain.
Ignoring Xiaohe's taunts, he threw a punch on the side, without even looking, as sense of crisis that rose from that direction wasn't strong.
Boom!
"Can't you even leave this for me to train?" When Xiaohe had just finished speaking, she heard a response.
"Don't worry! Plenty of chances have already presented themselves!" Situ replied as he looked behind her, causing her expression to change.