After the lunch break concluded, Xiang Yu and Li Yao returned to their training ground, the afternoon sun casting dappled shadows through the forest canopy. The empress's voice echoed in Li Yao's mind, offering a suggestion that made her eyes light up with excitement.
[Since you want to help your senior brother train, why don't you put on weight clothes when you spar with him? That way, you can both train simultaneously.]
Li Yao marveled at the brilliant simplicity of the idea. She hadn't even considered it herself! This was perfect—she could assist her senior brother while simultaneously advancing her own cultivation. It was the definition of efficiency, killing two birds with one stone. Three, if she counted practicing the new sword technique she was learning.
