After returning to the Small Valley, Gu He waited until Zi Yan had fallen asleep. Only then did he use his connection with Qing to pinpoint his location. He then set a spatial mark there and teleported directly over.
Gu He appeared in midair above a valley. He could sense that Qing was inside the mountain, though not directly beside him.
Although he could pinpoint the location, converting it into a spatial mark would always result in a slight deviation; absolute precision was impossible. An error of only a few dozen meters was already quite good. If the distance were greater, even an error of several dozen li would not be strange.
Qing had carved out a cave within the mountain and was in seclusion. Half a year ago, he had refined the Fire Bead Gu He had given him and reached the Peak Dou Wang.
After reaching the Peak Dou Wang, Qing had chosen to enter seclusion and accumulate energy to advance to the Dou Emperor realm. After all, he possessed some of Gu He's memories regarding cultivation. The Dou Emperor barrier did not truly exist for him. As long as he accumulated enough energy, he could break through naturally.
A pitch-black doorway opened before Gu He and swallowed him. When he reappeared, he was already inside a dark cave.
The energy inside the cave was rather violent, with the surrounding energy continuously gathering here.
Sensing the state of Qing's internal energy and the rate at which he was gathering energy, Gu He estimated that it would take another half year before Qing awakened and successfully broke through to the Dou Emperor realm.
"I was hoping you would come out sooner and help me with a few things. Spending so much time gathering energy is truly wasteful." Gu He