Among the disciples who had entered the valley in the same cohort, Lin Xuan's current strength already ranked among the top three. At the late Spirit Movement Stage, even in a sect like Floating Cloud Valley, he could be considered an elite disciple. Yet Lin Xuan was not satisfied. This period of secluded cultivation was not yet over.
For one thing, he still had more than a hundred Marrow Cleansing Pills in hand, enough to support over ten days of cultivation. For another, although he had successfully broken through, he had only just crossed the threshold of the fifth layer. His realm needed stabilizing, so he continued his seclusion.
Lin Xuan was not the sort to become smug over a small achievement. On the contrary, every success only made his ambitions soar higher and imposed new demands upon himself.
His use of the Lingyun Art had become increasingly adept, and every day he could feel the spiritual power within him steadily growing.
Aside from his cultivation, the Star Sea within his body had doubled in size again. Originally, Lin Xuan had encountered a bottleneck in purifying Mid-Grade Pills. No matter how he practiced or how hard he tried, his success rate had remained at only twenty percent. It had nothing to do with proficiency; it was purely a bottleneck in his use of the Blue Star Sea.
Now, after entering the late Spirit Movement Stage and expanding the Star Sea, that bottleneck had vanished on its own. Lin Xuan tested it, and his success rate for Mid-Grade Pills had risen to over thirty percent. As for purifying low-grade pills, out of every three pills, he would fail at most once.
By now, Lin Xuan no longer thought much of low-grade pills. So although his success rate had improved, he did