Time passed.
Camp Hai gradually returned to its usual rhythm. The Ghost Soldiers went out hunting every day, while the auxiliary soldiers continued hauling Water Apes as usual.
Flag Commander Shi, who had been forced to personally oversee Flag B3 due to the tense fighting, once again immersed himself in brewing soups and decocting medicine, hiding in the camp and keeping out of sight.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Late at night, inside the underground chamber beneath Flag B3's camp.
Chen Mu frowned and summoned the Gray Wall.
Yellow Springs Guide: 1133/10000/Tier 3;
"Something's not right."
With a thought, a great surge of Yin Spirit Divine Power poured into his right palm. Threads of River of Forgetfulness Water slowly appeared, gradually gathering together. It took quite a while before they formed a mass the size of a bedside table.
Chen Mu stared at the water mass, his brows furrowed deeply.
"Why is there only this much?"
"Based on my previous calculations, a fully perfected second tier Yellow Springs Guide should summon at least two such masses of river water at a time."
"And it shouldn't be this difficult."
Chen Mu stared at the Gray Wall, carefully examining the fragments of insight brought by his experience, but he could not find an answer.
"Forget it. With Water Apes supplying essence and the Yellow Springs Guide and Flying Flame Scripture speeding up the combined cultivation, I'll reach the next stage soon enough."
"Once I gain more insight then, perhaps I'll be able to unravel this problem."
He stopped dwelling on it and began considering his next step in cultivation.
"I have enough Oblivion River Stones, but I need to stockpile another batch of Water Apes."
The Water Apes he had previously hidden in the Five