Moving House, Cangming Cave Mansion!

On the way there, the flying sword had only flown for a few dozen seconds. Now, returning from Spirit Script Peak to Ancient Wood Peak took Han Yuan a full half hour.

That was even with him using spiritual power to boost its speed the entire way.

"Controlling a flying sword requires cultivating a Sword Control Technique. Once I have money, I'll exchange for one!"

Han Yuan made up his mind.

Upon returning to the familiar courtyard, he unexpectedly saw someone standing right outside his door. Wangcai stood nearby, watching him warily.

Seemingly having heard the commotion,

the man turned to look over.

Han Yuan recognized him at once. It was Wu Chao, who had come to his door some time ago and forced him to "help support" him with Spirit Stones!

His brow furrowed. What was this man doing here?

Before he could figure it out, Wu Chao bowed deeply from afar. "Senior Brother Han, this junior was ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth and offended you the other day. I have come today to apologize. This is the gift I prepared as compensation. I hope Senior Brother Han will accept it!"

Wu Chao held up a box with both hands. His lowered eyes were full of pain at the loss.

Han Yuan was somewhat surprised. "What is this?"

"I beg Senior Brother Han to spare me this once! I'll never dare force anyone to support me again. I've deeply recognized my own mistakes. Please give me another chance, Senior Brother Han!"

Han Yuan understood. There had indeed been a minor grudge between him and Wu Chao. If Han Yuan's cultivation and potential had been ordinary, then so be it if Wu Chao had offended him. But now Han Yuan ranked among the top ten Outer Sect Disciples. Whether in strength or potential, he far surpassed Wu Chao. Once Han Yuan broke through to a higher realm, even casually putting a spoke in Wu Chao's wheel would make him suffer. Coming to apologize now showed that Wu Chao was a clever man.

"Leave the box and go. It's a small matter, nothing worth mentioning," Han Yuan said blandly.

"Yes, thank you, Senior Brother Han! If you have any orders in the future, you may summon me at any time!"

Wu Chao placed the box on the stone table, bowed once more, and left. His footsteps were noticeably lighter when he departed.

Han Yuan shook his head and sighed inwardly. In the Cultivation World, strength still reigned supreme. Once your fist was hard enough, many troubles would vanish on their own, even turning into good things instead.

Holding a pole, Han Yuan poked the box open from a distance.

Inside were neatly arranged Spirit Stones.

Han Yuan was a little curious. He walked over and counted them. There were exactly 150 Spirit Stones!

"Heh, it's exactly the amount he wanted me to support him with back then. That's no small sum of Spirit Stones."

One season of planting Blood Spirit Rice had only earned him 162 Spirit Stones!

"Interesting. This is both an apology and an attempt to curry favor. If he runs into trouble later, he'll have the nerve to come seek my help. This is how worldly dealings work."

Han Yuan shook his head. Naturally, he accepted the Spirit Stones with a smile. As for Wu Chao, he merely left an impression on him. They would likely find it difficult to meet again in the future.

"Woof! Woof!"

Wangcai wagged his tail, holding his head high and puffing out his chest as if to say: I kept him outside the courtyard.

"Good, good, good. Wangcai, you did well. Later, I'll buy you resources to advance into a Spirit Beast and make you one!" Han Yuan said, rubbing Wangcai's head.

Wangcai's tail wagged even more happily, his little eyes brimming with delight.

Han Yuan returned to the courtyard and packed up some commonly used belongings. He then patted the Old Apricot Tree and said, "Old fellow, you've kept me company for two years. It's time for me to go. Work hard at drawing in spiritual energy. I hope you'll have a chance to develop spiritual intelligence in the future!"

The Old Apricot Tree remained as still as ever.

After thinking for a moment, Han Yuan injected a strand of spiritual power into the tree. Then he turned, picked up Wangcai, and left the courtyard. Everything now depended on the Old Apricot Tree's own fortune.

Han Yuan shot away in a flash.

After a while, Hu Yifan shuffled over, still clutching a box tightly in his hand. But he quickly discovered that Han Yuan's courtyard was already empty. Even the dog had vanished without a trace.

"He's already left? So quickly?" Hu Yifan's expression shifted between light and dark. Frowning, he left again.

Half an hour later.

Han Yuan finally found Cangming Cave Mansion.

Calling it a cave mansion would be less accurate than calling it a separate estate!

Outside Cangming Cave Mansion, the spiritual light of an array enveloped a full thousand mu of land.

After opening the array with his token, he saw crisscrossing bluestone paths. In the distance lay plots of square-shaped land that should have been Spirit Fields, while dozens of different buildings stood scattered throughout. At the highest point was a four-story tower, with the words "Cangming Tower" hanging above it!

"This is Cangming Cave Mansion? It's so huge!"

"Woof! Woof!"

At the sight of such a vast place, Wangcai immediately ran inside in high spirits.

Han Yuan followed behind, looking here and there. There were many ancient trees within, and quite a few could even be considered spirit trees. The plants along the paths seemed to have been tended, all neat and orderly, pleasing to the eye.

Standing beside a Spirit Field, he felt the hazy spiritual energy hovering above it and was even more satisfied. These were all excellent fields for planting, far superior in quality to the Spirit Field he had before!

"With so many Spirit Fields, I can't possibly plant them all by myself!"

Han Yuan thought of some tasks in the Mission Pavilion. For a cave mansion like this, people would usually hire Outer Sect Disciples or even Inner Sect Disciples for various jobs such as planting, cleaning, and guarding. But...

Generally speaking, cave mansions of this quality belonged to Foundation Establishment cultivators. Foundation Establishment cultivators had money to recruit people, but he was currently poor as a church mouse and could not post any missions at all.

Moreover, with his publicly known cultivation at Qi Refining Layer 4, posting missions would be far too high-profile.

"I should keep a low profile. Cultivate first!"

Han Yuan no longer had the mood to inspect anything else. He called out to Wangcai, "Wangcai, let's go!"

"Woof! Woof!"

Wangcai darted back in a flash, squatted beside Han Yuan, and stuck out his little tongue.

"Come on, follow me into the tower. I'll arrange a room for you!"

Wangcai blinked and hurriedly followed.

Han Yuan entered Cangming Tower and quickly took a look around.

The first floor had nine Cultivation Rooms. The second floor had all kinds of functional rooms, including an Alchemy Room, a refining room, and so on. The third floor seemed to be for living quarters, with a large study. The fourth floor was likely for receiving guests and leisure, with a tea room, chess room, and the like. Looking down from the fourth floor, the view was wide and open, and all the scenery of Cangming Cave Mansion fell into view, carrying a sense of swallowing mountains and rivers whole.

The design principle was simple. The first floor connected to the earth vein and had the densest spiritual energy, making it suitable for cultivation. The second floor could draw upon the spiritual energy of the first floor and was suitable for refining artifacts and concocting pills. The third floor did not need much spiritual energy for living, while the fourth floor had even less spiritual energy and was merely used for entertaining guests and recreation.

Han Yuan chose a room on the third floor for Wangcai, then let him roam freely.

Han Yuan himself went to the first floor, found an Estate Master's Exclusive Cultivation Room, and stepped inside.

"The spiritual energy doesn't seem any different?!"

Han Yuan looked around at the walls in confusion and soon spotted an array switch.

So the Cultivation Room had not been activated yet.

He pressed the switch, then eagerly walked to the meditation cushion in the center.

The moment he sat down, he clearly sensed the density of spiritual energy in the Cultivation Room rising at a tremendous speed. It soon reached an astonishing level.

The spiritual energy density was six or seven times greater than where he had lived before, and it was far gentler as well.

He began circulating the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art and attempted to cultivate.

As expected, several lines of text flashed before his eyes.

Random Buff Multiplier: 6

Spirit Gathering Array's spirit-gathering effect *600%

Han Yuan's eyes widened. The Spirit Gathering Array's spirit-gathering effect had increased sixfold?

The next moment, the spiritual energy density of the Spirit Gathering Array surged again. Spiritual energy that had originally been invisible to the naked eye directly turned into mist!

The spiritual energy poured into his body like the roaring waters of a vast river flowing backward, at an utterly outrageous speed.

"My heavens, there's too much, too fast!"

Han Yuan's expression changed. He immediately steadied his mind and circulated the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art with all his strength!