Thousand Lantern City.
Ten dazzling Soul Guiding Lanterns hung high in the sky. Chen Mu stood in the corridor by the entrance and opened his mouth in a huge yawn. In the distant camp, green light shot into the heavens, so bright that Chen Mu could barely keep his eyes open.
Tsk! They were really fucking competitive!
For half a month straight, Chen Mu had been staying up every night cultivating alongside this pack of old ghosts.
With Return Vitality Soup replenishing their essence, those guys only grew more spirited the harder they trained. Chen Mu, on the other hand, had made himself unable to eat or sleep properly, and felt thoroughly unaccustomed to it.
"Well, well! You got up rather late today. What, even someone as diligent as you knows how to lie in bed and slack off?" Shen Yan rolled up his sleeves, carrying a small basket of freshly picked tender greens as he stood at the door with his hands on his hips, teasing him.
"What do you know? This is called balancing work and rest!" Chen Mu argued confidently. "This is how us Qi Refining cultivators cultivate!"
"Yes, yes, right, right. You're a Qi Refining cultivator, so naturally you're right."
"Go eat your leaves!" Chen Mu flicked his sleeve and stomped into the Wooden Tower in a huff.
How could grinding experience be nothing but brute force? You had to know when to push and when to ease off!
Five or six thousand Yinling practiced the Three Yin Phosphor Fire Curse every day. Though they had yet to cultivate Supernatural Ability Ghost Marks, their Yin Spirit Divine Power grew stronger by the day.
Chen Mu's stored Multi-headed Flood Dragon meat was quickly depleted.
To maintain their intense cultivation, the Yinling in Thousand Lantern City began