As for the changes the Divine Bamboo was undergoing, no one had a more direct feeling than Hou Chulan.

She could tell that its intelligence was soaring as it absorbed Nie Tian’s flesh power.

The Divine Bamboo had possessed a primal form of self-awareness when she had first refined it into her. This had allowed her to communicate with it.

However, their communication had never been crystal-clear.

She had assumed that it would normally take Heaven Nourished-grade ...