June 10.
Yang Jing got out of bed just as dawn began to break.
After a quick wash, he felt refreshed, all the fatigue from a night of arduous cultivation swept away.
After warming up a little, Yang Jing sat on a stone stool in the courtyard. With a thought, the system panel appeared before his eyes-
[Mountain-Splitting Seal: minor achievement (651/2000)] [Indestructible True Art, second layer: minor achievement (101/2000)] [Crossing the River: initiation (185/500)]
Yang Jing nodded slightly. His arduous cultivation over this period had indeed brought considerable progress in his martial arts.
Moreover, Yang Jing discovered that after advancing his Mountain-Splitting Seal and Indestructible True Art to the Qi-Devouring Realm, returning to practice Crossing the River was astonishingly fast. If it was not quite a thousand miles a day, it came close.
Sitting on the stone stool, Yang Jing slowly considered his future cultivation plans and the approaching Fu Mountain Grand Competition.
Before long, a servant from the Dining Hall arrived with breakfast in a food carrier.
Inside was warm spirit rice porridge, two plates of refreshing, appetizing pickled vegetables, and a large platter of Fine Exotic Beast Meat glazed a rich reddish brown. Its savory aroma wafted straight to his nose.
Yang Jing picked up his chopsticks and began eating heartily.
The spirit rice porridge gently nourished his stomach, while the exotic beast meat was satisfyingly chewy. After he swallowed it, pure blood and qi slowly spread through his belly and flowed throughout his limbs and body.
For a Qi-Devouring Realm martial artist like him, ordinary food could no longer replenish the blood and qi consumed by cultivation. Only exotic beast meat containing spirit energy could make up for his body's expenditure.
Once he had eaten and drunk his fill, Yang Jing wiped his mouth,