Half a month had passed since the Dao Discussion Stage's grand opening ceremony ended.
Over the past half month, Luo Chen had broken from his usual routine and stopped refining pills.
There were many reasons for this. He needed time to familiarize himself with the people and affairs of the Mountain Shattering Gang.
He was not particularly short on Spirit Stones either. He had originally possessed a hundred and fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and after reselling tickets, he had taken in another two hundred.
He had previously bought five bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills, enough for a month of cultivation.
But none of those were the most important reason.
The most important reason was that after watching battle after battle—especially the life-and-death duel of eighteen Qi Refining Stage cultivators—he had gained a great deal.
Within the same major realm, even if there were differences in level, they only affected the total amount of spiritual power in one's body.
The methods used by those late-stage cultivators, when all was said and done, had not surpassed what he could comprehend.
After observing those battles, he had gained many insights into spells, magical artifacts, and even the transitions between attack and defense.
These insights could not be called the legendary "enlightenment," but they were still exceptionally precious.
So he had to seize the time to absorb and digest them, turning them into genuine combat strength.
After all, Gao Tingyuan was still outside, eyeing him like a tiger watching its prey.
His realm could not be raised in the short term.
Then he would improve his strength through combat methods.
Moreover, he had the logistical conditions to do so.
The Grandmaster Level Evergreen Art had an automatic spiritual power recovery effect, enough to let him cast plenty of spells.
Over the past half month,