Sitting on the Soul Suppressing Jade Marrow Platform, Lu Jin'an felt a chill beneath him, his breath quick and sharp.
Although the opening of Wenqu Palace had concluded, the heat from Body Refinement had not fully dissipated. Beads of sweat the size of beans trickled down his temples, across his cheeks, and ultimately dripped from his chin to fall between himself and Mu Qingyue.
This was not sweat from heat; it was cold sweat.
The kind that emerges when one narrowly escapes defeat at a critical moment.
Even though the lower volume of the "Seeking Joy Soul Refining Skill" he found might have been placed by his Master, Lu Jin'an was uncertain. What if it was something altered by Mu Qingyue?
But at this moment, Lu Jin'an felt assured, because the 'necklace' was on the Senior Sister's neck.
The lower volume... was useful!
The technique for reversal recorded in the "Seeking Joy Soul Refining Skill" exchanges master-subordinate positions and allows commands to be reversed.