No Medicine for Regret

In a cave several li away from where their battle had taken place, Shen Yunhai and Huǒ Pànguó sat around a small fire. Huǒ Pànguó glared into the blazing flames. His thoughts were consumed by what had happened. They had gone to kill Jian Wu, confronted his sister, and then nearly lost when their target emerged from his cultivation stronger than ever before. Even remembering what happened caused him to shudder.

How can anyone grow so strong so quickly?! It doesn’t make sense! He’s only at the first subrealm of the Deva Realm, dammit!

“That was pretty dangerous, huh?” Shen Yunhai said with a laugh. “I never expected that boy to get so strong simply by stabilizing his cultivation. I wonder what method he uses to cultivate. It must be incredibly powerful.”

“Stop laughing. This is all your fault,” Huǒ Pànguó snapped. “If you had just done your job and killed Jian Wu, none of this would have happened.”

“Oh? My fault?”