On the second floor, a large group of Qi Refining Stage cultivators sat at seven or eight tables.
The tables were laden with delicacies rarely seen on ordinary days, all spirit-infused dishes. If priced in Spirit Stones, each table would cost at least a thousand.
But this time, these Qi Refinement Cultivators did not have to pay.
Luo Chen sat at a table slightly off-center. Gu Cai Yi had pulled him over.
Most of the people at this table were female cultivators.
Thus, the addition of a male cultivator like Luo Chen drew many gazes.
Luo Chen seemed unable to feel those thorn-in-the-back stares and merely kept his head down, eating.
"Now that the ten years are up, I'll be returning to the Joyful Union Sect as well."
The speaker was Xiang Xiang Girl from the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion. There was some reluctance in her voice, but even more anticipation.
Gu Cai Yi looked at her enviously. "Once you go back this time, Xiang Xiang, you should be preparing to attempt Foundation Establishment, right?"
Xiang Xiang pressed her lips together in a smile and nodded gently.
She had spent ten years here without falling behind in cultivation, and she was only one step away from Qi Refining Great Perfection.
More importantly, she had nearly gathered all the Foundation Establishment materials required by the Joyful Union Sect's Cultivation Method.
The only thing she lacked now was returning to the sect to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill.
"Is Aunt Gong going back too?" Gu Cai Yi suddenly asked.
"Of course she is. The Spirit Vein here is only Tier 1, after all. It isn't suitable for a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator like her to reside here long-term."
Xiang Xiang Girl told her everything she knew and also gave her good friend a