Rustle!
A breeze swept through the woods, stirring the branches and leaves. From afar, they looked like waves rolling one over another.
Luo Chen sat cross-legged on an outcropping of azure stone, gazing down at the rising and falling waves of trees. Then he looked back at the cave dwelling, hesitation in his eyes.
"Is it the wind moving them, or is she?"
Three or four months had passed since Fu Qinglan began absorbing the Illusion Core to cultivate.
During that time, she had not set foot outside, and Luo Chen had not left his post outside the cave.
At first, nothing seemed unusual, but Luo Chen gradually sensed something amiss.
Fu Qinglan seemed to be cultivating inside the cave without the slightest protection.
Her Nascent Soul had left her Purple Mansion and was gulping down the spiritual energy of heaven and earth directly.
Under ordinary circumstances, that was practically courting death!
Without the shelter of her Purple Mansion, exposing her Nascent Soul like that while entering deep cultivation was simply waiting for this world to assimilate her.
Yet she showed no concern at all!
It was then that Luo Chen recalled something Fu Chaosheng had said years ago.
A top-grade great wilderness Mirage Dragon could swallow clouds and breathe mist, conjure suns, moons, and stars, and form a cave heaven within its own body. That world was nearly identical to the outside one, but the Mirage Dragon's flesh formed a special barrier between them.
A cultivator practicing within it could avoid Heaven and Earth Assimilation to the greatest extent possible.
That held true even when their spirit merged with heaven and earth!
So Luo Chen understood why Fu Qinglan dared to cultivate with such abandon.
But that raised another question!
The spiritual energy in this world was abundant, but