"Are you deliberately flaunting your wealth to bait people into attacking you?" Zhao Zuo saw through Shen Yunjiao's intentions at a glance. He guessed it was to feed the `Taotie Giant Beast` within her.
"I have no choice. Normal resources are nowhere near enough for my `Cultivation`," Shen Yunjiao sighed.
"`Cultivators` of the `Taotie Secret Technique` are meant to devour one another to increase the volume of their `Taotie True Blood`. That's the true path," Zhao Zuo reminded her.
"That's a problem for the future. Right now, the focus is on cultivating step-by-step."
Shen Yunjiao's tone was inscrutable. She took a few more sips of `Cold Thorn` tea before asking another question.
"Have you succeeded with the `Soul-Forging Technique`?"
"No. At the start of the `Cultivation`, you go through two trials: `Soul`-burning flames and an `Immortal Sound` piercing your ears. I can only resist for a few hundred breaths before I'm hypnotized and fall asleep," Zhao Zuo answered truthfully.
