Inside the quiet chamber, Wang Chen opened his eyes, emerging from his deepest state of meditation.
For the past several days, he had been constantly on the road and had not properly cultivated at all.
In truth, being in a land devoid of spiritual energy had made daily cultivation an exceedingly difficult matter.
Now that he had arrived at the Garrison Celestial Master's Mansion and activated the Star Observation Pavilion's formation, he could finally continue improving his stalled cultivation and strive to break through to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation.
Yet Wang Chen discovered that even with the formation's empowerment, his cultivation efficiency was extremely poor.
It simply could not compare to when he had been in the Yunyang Sect inner sect!
Although Wang Chen had been mentally prepared for this, personally confirming it still left him quite disappointed.
At this rate, the time needed to advance to the ninth layer would be greatly prolonged!
That was not something Wang Chen wished to see.
Though he had temporarily escaped the great whirlpool of the Yunyang Sect, Great Qian was not absolutely safe either. Nor could he remain in the mortal world forever. Naturally, the greater his strength, the better.
It was not as though there were no solutions to this problem.
For instance, increasing the formation's operating power and supplementing it with a Spirit Gathering Array would inevitably send his cultivation efficiency soaring like rising waters lifting a boat.
But the investment in Spirit Stones would become a bottomless pit!
Even though Wang Chen was fairly well-off at the moment, he would not be able to sustain it for long.
Besides—
He touched the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil wrapped around his arm.
The Punish Evil Net still stored a vast amount of incomparably pure spiritual energy. Its effect