Gu He methodically accepted alchemy commissions from the outside world at Dan Gu Courtyard, refining pills. Through this cycle of cultivation, pill refinement, exhausting most of his Dou Qi, and cultivating again, he rapidly gained control over the surging Dou Qi within him. Moreover, since all the pills he refined drew Seven-colored Pill Lightning or above, his alchemy skills were steadily improving as well.
In such a stable environment, an entire year passed. At last, Soul Hall began to lose its patience.
More precisely, Soul Qing Saint was the one losing patience. He had told the Hall Master that he could capture Gu He, yet one or two years had passed. Forget capturing Gu He—even news of Gu He's travels was nowhere to be found.
Soul Qing Saint was greatly frustrated as well. Gu He had stayed hidden in Sacred Pill City the entire time. Faced with someone so homebound, he was like a dog biting a hedgehog, utterly unable to begin. Thus, he began ordering his subordinates to spread a piece of news.
"Gu He, a Dou Sheng's Cave Mansion has emerged in the Northern Region. According to alchemists who returned from there, pure Qi soars into the heavens within it and is greatly beneficial to cultivation. Even though the cave mansion has not fully opened yet, countless people are already gathered nearby, absorbing the pure Qi to cultivate. It is said that this Dou Sheng's Cave Mansion belonged to Bodhi Saint a thousand years ago. Back then, he obtained a Bodhi Heart and, in less than five years, rose from an ordinary Five-star Dou Zun directly to a Dou Saint. After becoming a Dou Saint, he uprooted Demon Sword Mountain, then a first-rate faction, in one stroke, and his fame spread far and wide. In particular, he possessed