A few days later.
Dingyou Tianhe Water Mansion, Chaofeng Alley, inside a small courtyard.
The black Primordial Fusion Cauldron steamed endlessly with the aroma of meat. The Fire Cloud Gourd spat Blue Flame, roasting thin slices of Snow White Mutant Beast meat, while the jade-white round platter was piled with freshly stir-fried red, yellow, and green vegetables.
Chen Mu sat beside the stone table, took a bite of Yellow Sprout Rice, and nodded in satisfaction. "Haizhou's environment really is better than Yunzhou's. Even the locally grown Yellow Sprout Rice has thirty percent more flavor."
Over the past few years, Yunzhou had suffered endless natural and man-made disasters, and the concentration of Earth Spirit Vital Qi had plummeted off a cliff. The Yellow Sprout Rice grown there had developed poorly and tasted far worse than that of Haizhou.
After a brief sigh, Chen Mu immediately dug in with gusto.
After the meal.
He took out the Rocking Chair that had traveled north and south with him. After settling comfortably into it, Chen Mu summoned the Gray Wall and looked at one of its entries.
Five Thunder Treasure Scroll: 7813/10000/tier 6;
Over the past half year, Chen Mu had been busy fleeing for his life and traveling, only intermittently allocating time to the Five Thunder Treasure Scroll.
Even so, the secret art had made considerable progress and was now close to reaching tier 6 completion.
He raised a hand, and tiny arcs of electricity flickered and danced across his fingertips.
"Trying to advance everything at once really can't compare to focusing on one path."
"I'll specialize in this technique first. Once I've mastered it, I'll consider the others."
He had previously wanted to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Armor Secret Art as well, but it had likewise been delayed by one unexpected