The Banished Alchemist

A few months past with Hong Zhao instructing Zhu Bai on both techniques and cultivating. Under his tutoring, the young boy had passed into the eighth star student rank. The jump in strength raised more than a few eyebrows, but because of who he had been spending time with, they didn't have the strength to question him. During that time, Hong Zhao had been close to the bottleneck to the fourth star of the warrior rank. He cultivated diligently as there was not much else for him to do.

Hong Zhao had been set in a sort of routine for the time that Zhu Bai would come around. He knew the times that the servant would come to his room. He ensured to send out his shadow puppets before he showed up. During the time that he had been confined to his quarters, he had learned Yeng Feng's routine as well.