Xiao Chen decided to begin his preparation for the annual sect competition because he aimed to devour Xing Hao’s guardians,who were in the Ethereal Core realm.
After devouring them, Xiao Chen planned to use the cultivation essence they had accumulated throughout their lives to solidify his foundation and break through to the Mysterious Platform Peak stage.
Although he could ascend to the Ethereal Core realm, Xiao Chen dismissed this thought because doing so would only decrease his overall strength.
After all, a mere lower-realm Ethereal Core cultivator could be dealt with by a Divine Awakening realm cultivator from the upper realm.
If those guardians from the Imperial Star Dynasty knew Xiao Chen’s extravagant thoughts, they would definitely question their life choices and why they had to suffer from discrimination.
As Xiao Chen began his cultivation, in the Peerless Heaven Sword Sect, atop the Glacier Crown Peak where the sect’s Saintess resides, there stood an ice-blue palace exuding a cold aura, appearing otherworldly.
Not only the palace but the entire peak was covered in a cold aura, giving rise to the name ’Glacier Crown Peak.’
Tang Jingxue chose this peak because it resembled the place where she and her mother stayed during Tang Jingxue’s childhood.
Now, inside the cultivation chamber of the palace, Tang Jingxue sat on the futon, deep in cultivation.
Today, Tang Jingxue appeared even more beautiful, having shed the self of a young girl and fully transformed into a woman.
However, if anyone observed her closely, they could discern a hint of loneliness in her expression, something she herself was unaware of.
This facial expression was akin to that of a woman awaiting the return of her husband from war.
Tang Jingxue came to learn from her sealed memories that her mother had a different reason for leaving her here.
The sealed memories contained a wealth of hidden information, not just a single conversation between her mother and herself in that garden of flowers.
Reflecting on these memories,Tang Jingxue was shocked to realized one thing: if she hadn’t chosen Xiao Chen, she wouldn’t have discovered these hidden memories.
Tang Jingxue recognized that her meeting with Xiao Chen was far from a coincidence.
Once Tang Jingxue felt that Xiao Chen had "compensated" her enough, she would forgive him and appear to be a considerate woman.
By doing this, Tang Jingxue hoped to potentially occupy more of Xiao Chen’s heart.
"My future sisters, let me show you what it means to be the ’senior sister,’" Tang Jingxue spoke with a chuckle escaping her lips.
In this situation, the quote "what goes around, comes around" would be perfect to describe it.
When Xiao Chen used this trick on Fu Ting, he wouldn’t have known that the same trick would be used on him.
After Tang Jingxue finished thinking about Xiao Chen, she began to contemplate her "guardian" arranged by her mother.
With her newfound memories, Tang Jingxue came to know that this guardian was actually "Aunt Fu," who had visited her often during her childhood days.
Tang Jingxue naturally knew that Fu Ting and her mother were sworn sisters, but what puzzled her was that her mother had actually betrayed her by revealing this information.
Yes, the one who had revealed these important pieces of information in the memories was actually her own mother.
"Mother, what are you planning?" Tang Jingxue thought inwardly.
But no matter how hard she tried to rack her brains, the information revealed by her mother seemed to imply, "You can’t know anything beyond this point."
Tang Jingxue didn’t know what she had noticed, She immediately focused her gaze on the direction of the Silver Sword City.
"Surely,It can’t be what I’m thinking, right?" she asked herself.
"Mother wouldn’t want her sworn sister to be with Xiao Chen, right?" Tang Jingxue asked herself repeatedly.
After a long while of trying to convince herself, Tang Jingxue spoke with a voice lacking confidence,
"Yeah, Mother is definitely not the type of person to do something like this. It must be me being suspicious of everything."