Moonstone

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{Meeting An Elder Brother like Figure}

When Zhou Yun woke up the next day, the daylight had yet to appear and dawn was slowly approaching. Groggily blinking her eyes and running them with her small hands, she looked through the opening of the soft curtains and out the window to see the sky gradually brightening.

Sitting up, she stretched like a cat before hopping off the bed and slipping on her shoes. Washing up and sitting down at the table to eat her breakfast alongside her Masters, her thoughts her elsewhere as she recalled her training the day before.

She knew that although she had somewhat gotten a good grasp on the first technique in the [Thundering Clouds Manual], it had yet to be at a stage where it could be used in combat as she wasn't able to maintain the required state subconsciously. Nibbling on her chopsticks, she also realised that if she continued to slack off on her other training such as her Cultivation, [Body Tempering] and Qinggong, it wouldn't take much time for her body to revert back to it's weak and helpless state.

Realising this, her eyes light up with burning determination and she suddenly started scarfing down her breakfast like a little beast. Siting across from her was Zi Lei and seeing her suddenly light up with a strange passion, he only laughed inwardly while shaking his head lightly.

"Don't rush, you'll choke." Zi Lei said lightly and passed a cup of now warm tea over for her to drink, knowing that if he poured for her a fresh cup of hot tea, at this point she wouldn't realise it and end up burning her tongue. And sure enough, Zhou Yun didn't even look up and made a non-committal sound and grabbed the cup of tea he passed to her then finished it in one breath before standing up and rushing outside of the living quarters.

Zhou Yun moved like the wind and before they knew it, she had already long disappeared from their sights.

"I don't know whether or not I should be happy that Little Yun is so passionate about training." Xi Feng said with a laugh while enjoying her food.

"Well, she's still young, so as long as she doesn't overexert herself, training at this age is extremely valuable in the long term. So we shouldn't dampen her spirits." Bo Lin replied without looking up from his bowl of soup as he took a sip from it.

At this time, Zhou Yun was speeding off to the training area that Zi Lei had led her to the day before. She felt that although there was a dedicated training area at the East Peak Temple, it was more precise to say that it was made for the Sect's disciples and not really for outsiders, so she didn't think much when she ran off to the open area.

As she arrived dawn was at it's end and one could see the sunlight peaking over the distant horizon. The few bright orange rays of sunlight lit up the cloudy view and the gave the morning fog a slight orange tint.

Inhaling the fresh morning air, Zhou Yun shout to hype herself up before grinning and starting her morning routine of stretches.

Finished warming up her little body, she started the body training with vigor knowing that by increasing her [Body Tempering], she'd be able to advance to the next stage in her cultivation much earlier than others. Currently, she was still at the Third Stage of [Body Tempering] so making use of the early morning, she went through her regular training routine as at this time, the air was still fresh and keep her muscles working. She also knew that training so vigorously later in the day wouldn't be beneficial for her body since it wasn't yet used to the current routine and the temperature during the day wouldn't help but rather make it worse for her.