Upgrading Spirit Veins, Beginning Seclusion

"Rumble..."

With a thunderous boom, Vast Peak surged upward by over a thousand zhang in an instant. Endless spiritual energy came rushing in, gathering into clouds above and sprinkling down a fine mist of rain.

The raindrops seeped into every corner of the spirit peak. Seeds buried beneath the black soil began growing wildly, while plants that should not have bloomed in this season burst into brilliant flowers one after another.

Beyond that, a broad spirit lake formed halfway up the mountain, like a bright mirror embedded within the mountainside. It reflected a middle-aged cultivator standing in midair, dressed in a dark robe.

He had a pair of unusual straight brows and held an utterly ordinary-looking beast skin pouch in his hand.

The moment he opened it, an enormous spirit vein came surging out and flowed directly into the spirit vein beneath Vast Peak. Under his precise control, the process of the spirit veins merging was exceptionally gentle.

This middle-aged cultivator was a Fourth-Tier Earth Master whom Song Changsheng had specially hired through Peng Siying's connections. He came from the Great Qian Cultivation World and had originally been a rogue cultivator. Later, at the personal invitation of a Nascent Soul True Lord from the Myriad Manifestations Palace, he became a Guest Elder of the Myriad Manifestations Palace.

Without the right connections, one simply could not invite such a great Buddha.

And even if one did manage to invite him, his fee was enough to make one's heart tremble.

Fortunately, the Song Clan now had some family fortune and had quickly liquidated some resources. Otherwise, they truly would not have been able to bring themselves to spend such a sum.

The price was a little steep, but at least it was worth every coin.

Advancing a spirit vein was not something